"Your Majesty, the grain route has been cut off!" Gu Da ran in in a panic.

Zhu Houzhao was shocked: "Tell me carefully." ”

Gu Dayong lay on the ground and said in fear: "I don't know, the chief soldier of Jizhen is outside." ”

"What do you want?" Zhu Houzhao kicked Gu Dayong over with one foot and shouted, "Xuan Ma Yong come in!" ”

Ma Yong was fully armored, strode into the room, knelt down on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, thousands of Yanwei cavalry, from Laohahewei to Huizhou. Although they could not conquer the city of Huizhou, they slaughtered the Han people (rescued serfs) who were placed outside the city, and attacked two teams of food auxiliaries! ”

Lao Ha Hewei, that is, Jianping County in later generations, was originally subordinate to Daning Wei. After the revocation of Daningwei, the old Hahewei was established, and later the guard was also abandoned, and simply acquiesced to the occupation of this place by Duoyanwei.

Zhu Houzhao asked, "Why did the enemy run so fast?" ”

Ma Yong explained: "It is possible that these enemy cavalry were already set off when our army was building siege equipment, and they bluffed every day, just to delay time. ”

Zhu Houzhao asked again: "What about Wang Xun's Liaodong soldiers?" ”

"It's still sweeping Yingzhou." Mayon replied.

This Northern Expedition, strictly speaking, should be counted as a three-way army.

It's just that due to the urgency of time, except for Xiao Lu's soldiers and horses on the Liaodong and West Roads, and the hundreds of Liaonan cavalry brought by Yuan Da, the other Liaodong troops have delayed their dispatch for a month - it will take time to pass military orders, assemble troops, and prepare grain and grass.

Wang Xun, the chief soldier of Liaodong, is currently sweeping Yingzhou.

Yingzhou originally belonged to the territory of Tainingwei, but with the continuous expansion of Duoyanwei, the Tainingwei tribe on the territory of Yingzhou was either annexed or driven away, and actually fell under the rule of Duoyanwei.

And the place where the enemy rode around should also be responsible for it, but it hasn't hit there yet.

The middle grain road was cut off, and Wang Xun had to carry a cauldron!

Zhu Houzhao was still thinking about how to deal with it, and Ma Yong said again: "Your Majesty, can the grain reserves of our 60,000-strong army last for more than a month?" There is enough time to open the grain route. ”

"How do you say that?" Zhu Houzhao hurriedly asked.

Ma Yong said: "Daning needs to divide his troops? You can't fight back all of them. One stayed in Daning to prevent the enemy from taking a detour to kill back; A south to Huizhou? Drive away the enemy's food-starved troops. Other than that? Please send an order to the general army of the king of Liaodong and ask him to immediately lead the army to Huizhou? Flank and destroy these enemy horsemen who are starved of food. ”

Zhu Houzhao said without thinking: "Just do as you say." If you take 30,000 soldiers south, you must drive those thieves away!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was already angry? Now I'm so angry that my lungs are about to explode.

Duo Yanwei didn't just run away all the way? He also dared to divide his troops to block the grain route after going around. Moreover, the location chosen is very tricky, once the city of Huizhou is cut off, even Wang Yuan's East Road Combat Zone will not be able to transport grain over - it must go around a large circle and walk the grassland.

Wang Xun in the East Road Combat Zone? I was so frightened when I received the news.

The emperor's grain route was cut off? The enemy army still passed under his nose, and if something happened, he could be wiped out!

At that moment, Wang Xun didn't care about clearing the Yingzhou tribes, and immediately waved his army to the direction of Huizhou.

……

"Governor, another soldier escaped at night." Hu Erchi said with an ugly face.

Azamuri looked calm: "Is it inevitable? Someone is sure to run. Give them more food, and kill a few more disobedient Liwei? After this month, I will be able to go back. Emperor Daming's grain route was cut off, and he must have returned to his division. Wait for them to recapture the Huizhou grain road? At that time, it was already winter, and the emperor could still continue to march in winter? ”

Azamuri is very talented in military affairs? It's a pity that he is the third. Big Brother is dead? Second brother as a hostage? He saw the right time to ascend to the throne, thinking that he could revive the heroic style of Wuliangha, but he did not expect that the Ming Emperor would actually drive the northern expedition.

What a?

Duoyanwei's foundation is too thin, and Azamuri's prestige is insufficient, and he forcibly recruited tens of thousands of cavalry, which has already made all the departments angry and resentful. If he hadn't thought of a way to block the grain route and let the leaders of the various departments see hope, I am afraid that tens of thousands of cavalry would have dispersed on their own at this time.

Even so, on the way to the north, there were constantly cavalry quietly fleeing.

Of the more than 11,000 cavalry that appeared in Daning City, 3,000 cavalry were sent to go around and run out of food, and the remaining more than 8,000 cavalry were escorting the tribesmen to the north.

The migration lasted only two or three days, and more than 1,800 riders ran on the way. They are all young and strong from small tribes, and seeing that there is no oil and water to fish, and there is no certainty of victory, they think about returning to their tribe to spend the winter, and the life or death of Azamuri is their business.

After another day of walking north, Azamuri suddenly stopped marching and camped in place to wait for the news of Zhu Houzhao's withdrawal.

Once the main force of the Ming army withdraws due to the cut off of the grain route, Azamuri will return to Daning with his people. By the way, let's see if we can find an opportunity to bite Zhu Houzhao's army a few bites, or even wipe out the enemy army and catch the emperor!

Even if the Ming army left troops to garrison Daning, Azamuri could lead troops over and surround Daning, forcing the defenders there to surrender due to lack of food.

"How is Daning?" Azamuri asked.

The sentinel reported: "Dudu, the cavalry of the Ming army is coming, there are thousands of people!" ”

Azamuri wondered, "They don't want food anymore?" ”

"I don't know!" The sentinel shook his head repeatedly.

Zhu Houzhao was already ruthless, although his grain route was cut off, he still let Yuan Da take all the cavalry and pursue the main force of Duoyanwei desperately. He also asked Ma Yong to take 30,000 people to the south to open up the grain road in Huizhou, and he led the rest of the troops to garrison in Daning.

Although Azamuri had a talent for military affairs, he was still indecisive and did not take all his cavalry to the rear.

And Zhu Houzhao's response strategy forced Azamuri to make a desperate bet. He gritted his teeth and said, "Leave five hundred horsemen and escort the clansmen to the grassland, and the rest of the warriors will all go south with me!" ”

Five hundred horsemen, protecting the tribesmen to the north, they thought the grassland was safe.

And Azamuri, with less than 6,000 horsemen, suddenly fought back and killed Yuan Da. As soon as the battle was engaged, Azamuri turned southeast and fled, attracting Yuan Da's cavalry troops to chase after him, and that direction was full of various ravines. You can either bypass the grain route in Huizhou and force Zhu Houzhao's main force to withdraw his troops, or you can continue to flee eastward when the situation is not good.

Because the information was unknown, Yuan Da was really fooled, and followed and chased Azamuli all the way, instead of choosing to attack the Duoyanwei people in the north.

In the same way, Azamuri didn't know that Wang Yuan was around, thinking that his rear of the grassland was very safe, and sent all the tens of thousands of people into Wang Yuan's tiger's mouth.

Wang Yuan swept nearly 100 troops in the grassland, and the number of troops was getting more and more. He recruited more than 900 Mongol cavalrymen, some of whom were fifty or sixty years old, and some of whom were twelve or thirteen years old, and promised to give the Mongol tribes a reward for pastures. Among them, there are more than 200 people, who are Mongolian young men who escaped from the battle, and they met Wang Yuan halfway and chose to take refuge directly.

The Mongols are like this, fearing power but not virtue.

The little prince of Mongolia took Duo Yanwei's nest at the beginning, and the two sides can be described as a deep blood feud, and Duo Yan Wei survived by relying on the relief of the Ming Dynasty. However, they chose to take refuge in the little Mongolian prince and turned around and constantly harassed the Ming border.

At this time, Wang Yuan also took Duoyan Wei Huo very lightly, and most of the Mongolian young men who fled back to the grassland chose to escape by detour after meeting Wang Yuan halfway. But there were more than 200 people, who didn't care about the safety of their tribe or Wang Yuan robbed the women of their tribe, and they took refuge without any psychological burden.

The sentinel rushed back and said in surprise: "General, I found the Duoyan Wei people in front, their cavalry is only a few hundred, and the rest are all Mongolian people, and they also have a lot of livestock!" ”

"Kill it!"

Wang Yuan led nearly 2,000 cavalry out, and the 500 enemy cavalry escorting his troops put up a slight resistance, then threw down some of the corpses and ran away.

More than 30,000 troops, more than 100,000 head of livestock, and countless grains and materials, these are all of Duo Yanwei's family resources, and they all fell into Wang Yuan's hands inexplicably.

What the heck?

Wang Yuan himself was in a daze, and he reluctantly accepted the gift, but where did Duo Yanwei's main force go?