Xiaoxingzhou was originally the homeland of the Ming Dynasty, there were five guards in Xingzhou here, and the soldiers and civilians were all ordered by Zhu Di to move inward, and most of them moved to Baoding Mansion.

If you have a friend in Baoding, Hebei Province, and legend has it that your ancestors are from "Xiaoxingzhou, Shanxi", then your ancestral home must be Luanping County, Hebei.

Xingzhou Wuwei moved inward for decades, and it was still a barren place, and then Duoyanwei and Tainingwei came.

At present, the Mongolian tribes stationed in Xiaoxingzhou have one leader called only Erzhu (Tainingwei), one leader called Mandu (Tainingwei), and one leader called Polaihan (Duoyanwei). Although this is the territory of Duoyanwei, there are more Tainingwei tribes in Xiaoxingzhou.

When they first moved to Xiaoxingzhou, the three tribes combined were only about 300 people. After decades of development, there are thousands of tribesmen, and there are two or three thousand Han serfs - living on their own, it must not have developed so quickly, and they have joined the herdsmen of other tribes one after another.

"Mr. Wang, it seems that the enemy has run away." Zhu Fen said happily.

Zhu Fen is a eunuch who accompanied the army, and he fought with Zhu Houzhao, and he can barely be regarded as a person who knows the soldiers.

Wang Yuan was not happy: "I'm afraid that they will run." ”

After Wang Yuan came to Xiaoxingzhou, he knew why Zhu Di gave up here. Mountains were everywhere, and only river valleys and valleys were suitable for large-scale habitation, and it was difficult for the people scattered in the mountains to manage and collect taxes. In the face of alien threats, the central government must continue to transfuse blood here, and the transportation of supplies is very inconvenient.

Wang Yuan said suddenly: "Zhu Jianjun, you lead a large army to garrison Xingzhou City, and wait for the civil officials to lead the people to take over Xingzhou." Ten days later, you will lead the army to Daxing Prefecture (in Longhua County, Hebei), if you encounter enemy harassment, you must not pursue, only defend! ”

Zhu Fen asked, "Where is Wang Shilang going?" ”

Wang Yuan explained: "The army is moving too slowly, and I only lead the cavalry to pursue. ”

Zhu Fen exclaimed: "But we only have a thousand horses!" ”

"A thousand rides is enough." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

The three Mongol tribes in Xiaoxingzhou combined only had more than 1,000 cavalry. With a ratio of nearly one to one, Wang Yuan is afraid of a fart, but he is afraid that he will be slipped away by the enemy if he is slow.

The cavalry in Wang Yuan's hands were all Beijing cavalry with firearms, and they immediately began to pursue with dry food and water.

I am not afraid to get lost at all, because there are mountains on both sides, and I can walk on that wide and flat valley.

After a long day of pursuit, a fork in the road suddenly appeared, and the scouts carefully identified the traces, and the enemy was going to the east. After chasing for more than 20 miles, there was another fork in the road, and the enemy turned to the southwest, leaving many horseshoe prints and human footprints.

After chasing for ten miles, I finally caught up.

In the wide, flat valley, the three tribes were divided into two piles, one Tainingwei and one Duoyanwei, where they were making fires and cooking.

There are men, women and children, and even Han serfs, they are not luring the enemy deeper, but the real relocation of the clan - I can't beat you, I'll go. When your army is withdrawn, I will bring your clan back again.

"Father, there are other ranches ahead, will they accept us?" The fire spoon asked.

He said, "I can't do it, I can only cling to them." ”

These Mongols only want to survive, and they depend on whoever is strong. They are attached to the Ming Dynasty on the one hand, Duoyanwei on the other, and right-wing Mongolia on the other, and they are willing to do anything as long as they can live.

Huo Spoon said: "Father, what does Da Ming want to do when he sends troops this time?" ”

only said: "Maybe it's revenge." We often crossed the Gubeikou to plunder the peasants of the Ming Dynasty as slaves, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty could not hold his face. I hope that the Ming army will not stay too long, if we do not withdraw in winter, we will freeze to death many clansmen and livestock this year. ”

Suddenly, several sentinels shouted: "The Ming army is coming!" ”

He hurriedly swallowed the cheese in his hand, turned over and said, "The clan is young and strong, get on the horse to meet the enemy!" ”

The three tribes automatically gathered their forces, adding up to about 1,800 horsemen. They rode horses to block the road, and the tribesmen and serfs immediately packed up the iron pots, led the cattle and carried the supplies and fled forward.

Another clan leader, Mandu, was a brother who was only one of his sons, and said with a fierce look in his eyes: "The enemy has few soldiers, it may be the vanguard, and the warriors of my three clans can break it in one fell swoop!" ”

"Destroy this Ming army forward, maybe you can take the opportunity to kill back." The leader of the third tribe, Xiao Laihan, said with a smile.

The valley was wide enough for 1,800 Mongol cavalry to form a formation. When they waited for Wang Yuan to get close to a certain distance, they immediately raised their bows and arrows and began to charge. Due to the terrain, there are no cavalry tactics, so you can only ride and shoot and then raise a scimitar to rush into battle.

"Withdraw!" Wang Yuan said with a smile.

A thousand firebolts rode in Beijing, and when they saw the flag order, they immediately turned around, pretending to be cowardly and not daring to meet the enemy.

only laughed: "The Ming army is so courageless, every time the exit (Gubeikou) loots, they run away when they see us." ”

"Kill the vanguard of the Bright Army!" Porlais shouted wildly.

The 1,800 Mongol cavalry suddenly had a high morale, and they thought that the Ming army was fleeing, so they accelerated their pursuit one by one, and gradually dispersed their formations.

One chase and one escape, it is ten miles, and the front is a triangular fork.

"Scatter!"

Under the command of Wang Yuan, the banner commander waved the command flag, and a thousand Beijing cavalry immediately dispersed and distributed in a fan shape in the three-way area.

In this way, the formation is loose.

only laughed: "This Ming army forward general doesn't understand horse warfare at all." Warriors, leave both sides alone, just rush to the front and crush them! ”

Eighteen hundred Mongol cavalry, ready to shoot an arrow quickly from their horses. But before they could raise their bows, the enemy ran away again, and fled directly into a fork in the valley. This kind of play, only the elite cavalry can do, pinch the range of the Mongolian bow and arrow in advance.

As for the Ming troops on both sides, they were blocked by the mountain walls, and the Mongol cavalry could not aim at all.

Huo Spoon exclaimed: "Father, beware of an ambush!" ”

He was suddenly alert and hurriedly blew the trumpet to withdraw his troops. But under the accelerated charge, it was difficult to contain it for a while, and when all the cavalry stopped, it was almost close to the valley mouth.

Wang Yuan originally wanted to take advantage of the terrain of the three-way pass, disperse his troops, and wait for the moment when the enemy army rushed out of the valley, and fan these Mongol cavalry in a three-sided musket salvo. Who would have thought that the enemy would not be fooled, and he stopped when he was about to leave the valley.

"Woooooo

Wang Yuan asked the trumpeter to blow the trumpet and assemble, taking advantage of the confusion of the enemy's formation in the valley, and seized the opportunity to launch a counter-charge.

When the trumpet sounded, he was immediately frightened and shouted: "The enemy has an ambush outside the valley, withdraw quickly!" ”

It was a pure misunderstanding, this guy made up his own brain, thinking that Wang Yuan had ambushed the army outside the valley.

The 1,800 Mongolian cavalry turned around and fled, while Wang Yuan led a thousand Beijing cavalry to chase after him.

After chasing for several miles, Wang Yuan ordered it to stop. His troops galloped for dozens of miles, and the men and horses were so tired that they could not go on forever, they had to stop to regain their strength, the soldiers needed to eat, and the horses needed to be fed salt water.

"Father, the Ming army has stopped." The fire spoon said.

He ordered his troops to slow down and say with a smile: "The Ming army is all cowards, and they dare to rush over and lure us by ambushing the army outside the valley." Now that you are far away from the army, how dare you go head-to-head with us? ”

The fire spoon asked, "Then how to fight now?" ”

He was only to say, "If you don't fight, you will run away as soon as you beat them, so why waste your horsepower?" Escort the clansmen to speed up the way. ”

Wang Yuan surrounded the horses with beans and salt water, and watched the Mongol cavalry leave. After resting for thirty minutes, Wang Yuan turned over and got on his horse: "Chase the enemy!" ”

There is no full-speed pursuit, always saving horsepower, but it is always faster than the Mongol tribe dragging the family and mouth.

It was close to evening when they caught up with the enemy again, and the terrain there was more open enough to accommodate tens of thousands of troops in formation, and another Duoyanwei tribe was stationed here.

The tribes communicated with each other, and the Mongol cavalry increased again, adding up to about 2,500 horsemen.

They suddenly relaxed, and their strength far exceeded the "forward troops" of the Ming army. Just be careful at night to prevent the enemy from attacking at night, and the rest of the time you are not afraid of fighting at all.

The four Mongolian tribes, in order to prevent the Ming army from raiding, began to mobilize their tribesmen to move stones and trees, and wanted to set up a horse barrier in the middle of the road. Moreover, those Mongolian cavalry still relied on many people to block the front, for fear that the Ming army would attack the clansmen who were setting up a horse rejection.

Wang Yuan did not wait for the night attack, but took the opportunity to charge.

"Get on the horse!"

The Mongolian cavalry was startled, and when they saw the Ming army rushing towards them, they stepped on horseback and rushed towards the Ming army as well.

Wang Yuan led the team to rush halfway, suddenly slowed down and stopped, dismounted and raised the fire gun to aim.

The horse bow has a much shorter range than the foot bow, and the effective distance of the Mongolian mounted archery is about 50 meters, but it needs at least 25 meters to become accurate. The flintlock pistol has an effective range of 80 meters, and the accuracy range is 50 meters, and it will put the enemy within 50 meters in actual combat.

"Boom!"

As soon as the Mongolian cavalry raised its bow, the Ming cavalry shot in a round, and immediately overturned more than ten horsemen rushing in front.

"Boom!"

The second row fired a volley, knocking over more than forty horsemen.

"Boom!"

The third round of volleys directly knocked over more than 100 horsemen.

The three hundred cavalrymen who fired the first round of fire immediately mounted their horses after firing their guns, and when the third volley of friendly fire was over, they rushed forward with their sabers.

2,500 Mongolian cavalry, how could they have encountered such a method of warfare?

Although they had less than two hundred casualties, the formation was already partially disorganized. Some of the timid ones were frightened, and subconsciously began to rein in their horse speed, and the formation was chaotic under the chain reaction, and the overall charge speed had slowed down.

Most of the Mongol cavalry were shooting arrows indiscriminately. And the three hundred Beijing riders who rushed up met with a round of crossbow greetings, and the range of this thing was about the same as that of a horse bow.

He only held up his scimitar and shouted: "Don't panic, kill it!" Their firearms are useless...... Yes! ”

"Father!" The fire spoon shouted.

Wang Yuan put away his rhino bow, led the remaining cavalry, and rushed over with his sword.

Four Mongol tribes, two of which were related by blood, and the last one joined the battle temporarily. How can they be united?

After being fired in a volley of three muskets, the last tribal cavalry to join was deliberately slowed down. Their idea was simple, let the other tribes charge and fight, and they would stay behind to preserve their strength.

Wang Yuan was killed by another arrow, and this person's people panicked. The remaining two tribes had different intentions, and the leader of the tribe, the least outnumbered, led his men away - as long as he ran faster than his allies, he could avoid the greatest losses.

Ah Hei has stayed in Liaodong Yuanma Temple to retire, and what Wang Yuan is riding now is Ah Hei's son Wuyun.

Although it was inferior to Ah Hei, Wuyun was still a BMW, and soon caught up with the three hundred Beijing riders who rushed to the front. Then, Wang Yuan took the lead, waved his sword and broke into the enemy formation, slashing several people in succession, and even hacked to death the tribal leader Mandu who rushed in front.

The allied forces of the four tribes collapsed in an instant, and when they fled, they even ignored the clansmen who were setting up a horse rejection, trampling their own people to death and killing countless people.

Probably more than 400 horsemen escaped, and the rest either surrendered or were killed on the spot.

The captives were all tied up, and there were thousands of young and old, as well as nearly 3,000 Han serfs, as well as many livestock and grain.

Wang Yuan only had a thousand cavalry, and the army was still a hundred miles away, and he had to continue to sweep, but he couldn't spare his hands to take care of so many prisoners.

Ordering someone to come to a calf, Wang Yuan closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to the calf and said: "The Han people stay, the women stay, and those who are taller than the back of the ox will be beheaded!" ”

Crying and shouting rang out.

Wang Erlang, the sin is monstrous.