In fact, the little Mongolian prince came at the end of September, and he did not pay any attention to the Ming border army.

The Mongol cavalry totaled more than 50,000 people, and they did not care about the border army acropolis at all, and the troops went south to plunder in three ways. And the troops were divided again and again, like a basin of water splashed open, quickly poured into the four wild villages.

There are only a few dozen or hundreds of horsemen, and the most are only one or two thousand horses, because this is convenient for quick robbery.

It can only be said that the little Mongolian prince is lucky, if he plays like this from the Yanghe invasion, Wang Yuan and the emperor's army can directly overthrow it - with the speed of information transmission in ancient times, even if the whole cavalry force is scattered, it cannot be taken back immediately.

It's a pity that the armies of the two sides didn't collide together.

And because the emperor was in Yanghe, the generals of all departments, like Wang Yuan, chose to move to the vicinity of Yanghe, resulting in an empty garrison in the direction of the Mongol invasion.

Zhu Houzhao did the wrong thing with good intentions, he forgot that he was the emperor, and saving his life was far more important than defeating the Mongols!

It is precisely because of this that the little Mongolian prince did not suffer any resistance, and he broke through half of Datong Town without waste. These Mongols have already robbed madly, and after robbing from the west, they ran to the east again, and they wanted to rob Datong Town diagonally from northwest to southeast.

The military situation is reported several times a day, and there are thieves everywhere, as if half of Datong Town has been occupied by the enemy.

The battle situation changed so quickly that Zhu Houzhao was dumbfounded, and he felt that the defensive front he had designed was like a paper paste, and the Mongols had directly stabbed it without any force.

In fact, the two sides did not engage in war at all...... It's all the border troops defending the city, and the Mongol army is robbing!

"Report, the main force of the Mongolian thieves has passed Huairen and is heading to Yingzhou!"

Hearing this news, the generals breathed a sigh of relief, the main force of the enemy army was moving in the opposite direction, and did not come directly to the emperor's side.

Zhu Houzhao was furious: "What are Zhu Luan and Zhou Zheng eating?" ”

Zhu Luan was the deputy commander-in-chief of Yansui, and Zhou Zheng was a guerrilla general in Yansui, and they were both ordered to be stationed at the forefront of Datong. The little Mongolian prince invaded from Yulin, and they should be the first to engage in the battle, and Zhu Houzhao also ordered Xuanfu guerrilla Shi Chun and Liaodong Left General Xiao Lu to go over to support.

According to Zhu Houzhao's idea, it was to let these troops drag the main Mongolian force and gather a large army to fight a decisive battle.

However, these four border generals did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and took the emperor's orders as wind in their ears. But he had to make an appearance, so he followed the Mongols far behind, neither daring to fight nor running, and watched the Mongols plunder the Ming people.

Wang Yuan couldn't laugh or cry, when the emperor gave these orders, he was still on his way to meet the teacher.

Just looking at these army orders, you know that Zhu Houzhao will not fight.

From the time the emperor received the battle report, and then sent Shi Chun and Xiao Lu to support, how much time did it take before and after. With the advancing speed of the Mongol cavalry, when these two arrived at the military command site, how could they still hold back the enemy's main force?

Zhu Houzhao asked, "Erlang, how do you think you should fight?" ”

I know a!

According to the battle reports in various places, there are main enemy forces everywhere, which means that it is impossible to find out where the main forces of the enemy are.

If you can't even find the goal, how can you make a route to advance?

Wang Yuan could only say: "Those troops who were scattered out, ordered them to assemble separately, and not to fight with most of the enemy army easily. Holding the main route for the withdrawal of the Mongol bandits, we immediately waved our troops south, first stationed in Datong Mansion, and waited for more military information. ”

This is a safe policy, but Zhu Houzhao is not satisfied.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Pass the order, let Zhu Zhen, Zuo Qin, Du Xun, Jin Ying, Jiang Huan, and Zhang He (all of whom are border generals of Xuanfu) immediately speed up the march and abandon their baggage to join me." Then ordered Wang Xun, the chief soldier of Datong, to lead all the troops under his command and immediately go south to find the main force of the enemy. Once the main force of the enemy army is discovered, let Wang Xun drag it to death, and this general will quickly go to the rescue of him! ”

"Your Majesty, no!" Jiang Bin hurriedly admonished.

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Call me a mighty general!" ”

Jiang Bin had no choice but to say: "Mighty general, you can't let General Wang act rashly, what if he is eaten by the Mongolian thieves?" ”

Wang Yuan also persuaded: "The enemy's situation is unknown, if General Wang really encounters the enemy's main force, he is afraid that it will be difficult for him to hold back the enemy in the field." It is possible to go south to find the main force of the enemy army, but it is not possible to let General Wang's troops engage in battle easily. ”

If the combat strength of the two sides is equal, Zhu Houzhao's order is barely correct.

Problem: The Mongol army was all cavalry, and the morale of the Datong border army was worrying. Once there is a random war, it is likely to be defeated in one battle, which is the main force of the Datong border army, and the next battle will be even more difficult to fight.

Moreover, even if they were evenly matched, the Mongols could run at any time, how could it be possible to hold their main forces back?

This is a strange military order that is impossible to win, and it is very likely to be defeated, even if it is drawn, it is useless!

Zhu Houzhao made an arbitrary decision: "No more persuasion, if anyone persuades again, I will remove his military power and let him return to the capital immediately!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Wang Yuan and the other border generals all had a headache, and their hearts quickly sank. They would rather the emperor be absent and treat the capital more comfortably, why should they take the command blindly in person?

At this point, except for Wang Yuan and his troops, the development of events is exactly the same as in history.

To tell the truth, in history, Zhu Houzhao was able to win the war, all because of his luck against the weather, and his military arrangements from beginning to end were full of mistakes and omissions.

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Datong Province.

When Wang Xun, the chief soldier of Datong, received the military order, he was directly stunned, and he asked the deputy chief soldier Zhang Hui: "Brother Zhang, how should this be?" ”

Zhang Hui scratched his head and said, "The emperor asked us to go south, so we can only go." Be careful, if you encounter the main Mongol force, camp steadily and do not take the initiative to attack. ”

Wang Xun had a headache and said: "But Your Majesty asked us to find the main force of the enemy, drag the main force of the enemy, and if we can't complete the task, we will all be removed from our posts and imprisoned!" ”

"Total ...... Always accommodating. Fighting a war is not a game, how can you definitely encounter the main force of the enemy? The emperor is obviously embarrassed by us. Zhang Hui said depressedly.

Wang Xun smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty has been rectifying the border for a year, and you are looking forward to a decisive battle with the little Mongolian prince. He was in a hurry, so anxious that he gave orders indiscriminately, and even the governor of the king could not persuade them. ”

Zhang Hui sighed: "We deserve to be unlucky." Let's go and try our luck in the south, maybe we'll be lucky. ”

Wang Xun and Zhang Hui could only bite the bullet, leaving a small number of troops to guard Datong Mansion and go south with a large army trembling.

Before they could get past Huairen County, they encountered many scattered Mongol cavalry.

These Mongol cavalry robbed everywhere, and immediately fled when they encountered a large army of the Ming army, unable to catch up if they wanted to, and also exposed their own marching routes.

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The little prince of Mongolia, that is, the lord of Mongolian Zhongxing, known as the "second Genghis Khan", Dayan Khan, is robbing north of Yingzhou at this moment.

Dayan Khan was surrounded by only a few thousand cavalry, and the rest were all scattered out to plunder.

This kind of practice is also pure foolishness, and they bullied the Ming border army and did not dare to fight. This has been the case for decades, with China's northern border becoming a public toilet where Mongol armies can come and go whenever they want.

Since there is no danger, then why concentrate the army?

They were all scattered and thrown out, and they were all done quickly, and everyone was still in a hurry to go back to the grassland for the winter.

"What? The main force of Datong dared to go out of the city and came to me! ”

After learning of the military situation, Dayan Khan was not surprised. If he can kill the main force of Datong in one battle, the robbery in the next few years will be easier, and he immediately ordered: "Order all nearby departments to assemble in Yingzhou immediately." Send some more people to the north to lure the main force of Datong over, lest they get lost halfway. Also, you can't go too much, two thousand cavalry is enough, and going too much will scare the enemy away. ”

Although Zhu Houzhao and the little prince of Mongolia did not meet, they tacitly cooperated in the air.

One sent a large army to look for the enemy's main force, and the other sent a small force to lure it, and the general army of Datong would inevitably collide with the main Mongolian force.

To be honest, the battle was a bit inexplicable.