Let's start with the location.

The place where Zhu Houzhao was attacked at night before was a few miles southwest of Golden Beach. The place where the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars fought for several days is also not far from the Golden Beach, located at the junction of Huairen, Shanyin and Yingzhou - the boundary of Yingzhou.

It is the legend of "Yang Family General", Yang Dalang, Yang Erlang, Yang Sanlang were killed in battle, and Yang Shilang and Yang Balang were captured on the golden beach!

If you insist on getting involved, after Zhu Houzhao returned to Beijing, he can say that he once fought with the Tartars on the golden beach. Anyway, it's very close, it's not completely bragging, and it's easier to be talked about by the people when it reaches the people.

Hongtao Mountain Range is the general name of the mountains west of the Datong Basin.

The valley where Wang Yuan and the emperor were at the moment was a little farther away from Shuozhou City and closer to Shanyin County.

Although Dayan Khan was desperate to capture the Han emperor, he was extremely careful in pursuing him into the valley. He even sent a sentry to probe forward, for fear of being ambushed by the Ming army, after all, this is an excellent ambush terrain.

"Woo! Woo! ”

The two Ming soldiers who climbed to the top of the mountain, according to Wang Yuan's instructions, took turns blowing the horn to attract friendly troops to help.

Dayan Khan was annoyed when he heard this, and said, "Choose ten men to dismount, climb up and kill those two trumpeters!" ”

The surface of the valley is semi-covered with loess, with occasional siliceous limestone and limestone outcroppings. The terrain of the Maeyama area is extremely complex, and it is relatively gentle at the beginning of the valley, and the mountain immediately becomes steep after walking several miles into the mountain. It is not easy to climb the mountain in this broken place, let alone climb up to kill people, two Ming soldiers ran and blew the trumpet, and led ten Mongolian enemy troops around the mountain.

After walking forward for a while, the sentry came back and reported: "Great Khan, there are no ambushes in the valley, the mountain walls on both sides of the front are no longer able to climb, and the Ming army has blocked the passage with loess, stones, and grass and trees. ”

Dayan Khan observed the landscape along the way and found that the vegetation in the valley was scarce, and it was late autumn at this time, and the scattered plants and trees had long since withered and decayed. If the Ming army chooses to attack with fire, although it can spread quickly, the fire cannot burn too much.

"Clear the weeds ahead!" Dayan Khan ordered again.

Thirty more men were sent to eradicate the withered grass in the valley near the battlefield, leaving no chance for the Ming army to attack.

The valley passage was blocked, but the improvised obstacles were easily cleared, and the Tartars could do it with a small amount of their lives.

Seeing a group of Mongol soldiers coming, because there was an obstacle in the middle, Wang Yuan immediately ordered the cavalry to shoot with crossbows.

The crossbow bolts caused only four casualties, and the Mongol soldiers had rushed to the obstacles.

Without waiting for them to move their things away, Wang Yuan ordered the dead grass on the barrier to be set on fire. While lighting the fire, it was also refilled, anyway, there was a lot of dead grass and combustibles in the valley, and a raging fire suddenly ignited between the two armies.

How can this be attacked?

Not to mention the dead grass that was burning, the loess and stones that stood in the way were quickly burned. The Mongol soldiers tried to move away, but when they touched it, they were so hot that they could only take off their clothes as fireproof gloves.

Half an hour later, more than 30 people were killed and wounded, and the road to the valley was still not opened.

Those stones and loess have even been burned red!

"All back!" Dayan Khan suddenly came up with a plan.

Dayan Khan picked a wounded horse, ordered the horse to be blindfolded, and then drew a knife and stabbed it. Frightened by the pain, the horse immediately galloped wildly forward, and rushed straight along the valley to the red-hot obstacles.

"Boom!"

The loess and stones were found temporarily, and they were not large in size. In addition, it had been burned brittle by the fire, and it suddenly collapsed into a gap, and ashes, sparks, and debris of earth and stone flew wildly.

"Come again!"

Another horse was blindfolded and slammed to death against the obstacle, striking the gap even wider.

One horse after another, the Mongols used the lives of five horses to finally knock the obstacle over - the hot stones and loess, already half a man high, but the two sides were finally ready to fight.

But Dayan Khan did not attack immediately, but had people strip off their clothes and fill their side with crossbow arrows.

In this way, the Mongol soldiers could go up the filled slope and rush to the obstacles, but they were half a body taller than the Ming army, and had a condescending terrain advantage.

Wang Yuan instantly understood Dayan Khan's intentions, and while ordering to shoot the enemy who was negative in the soil, he sent people to fill in the slope on his side.

It was nearly evening, and neither side was thinking of resting.

Dayan Khan wanted to continue to use the "galloping horse array" and rushed directly into the crowd of the Ming army. But as soon as he blindfolded the war horses, Wang Yuan also blindfolded several war horses, firmly blocking the narrow mountain road.

Seeing this, Dayan Khan could only withdraw his horse, suddenly ordered an attack, and ordered the soldiers in the back row to shoot hoisting.

Wang Yuan occupies a favorable terrain, and the valley on his side is more open, so he asked his soldiers to stand against the mountain wall as much as possible to reduce the chance of being killed by bows and arrows. In this way, although the defense in front of the face seems empty, it is actually more conducive to combat - what about the Mongol soldiers rushing in? Both sides of the mountain road were full of Ming troops, which meant that a small number of soldiers were flanked from the left and right.

Zhu Houzhao was arranged very behind, although he wanted to kill the enemy with his own hands, he also knew that he could not be willful at this time.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't see the battle situation in front of him clearly, and could only hear the sound of shouting and killing. His blood was surging, his palms were full of sweat, he was not afraid, and his whole person was in a state of excitement.

I saw a team of torches from far and near, and the guards came to report: "Your Majesty, there are mountain people who are young and strong, and they want to join the army and serve the country." ”

Zhu Houzhao was very happy: "Bring them over!" ”

More than a dozen men came with torches, and knelt in front of Zhu Houzhao: "Meet the general!" ”

Zhu Houzhao asked: "Are you willing to join the army and serve the country?" ”

"Exactly!" A middle-aged man said.

"Good, good, it's commendable." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

After the Tumubao Incident, Mongolia ravaged Shanxi, and suffered from severe drought for many years, resulting in millions of displaced people. These displaced people once went south, and millions of people gathered in the Jingxiang area alone, and they were appeased and suppressed by Ming Xianzong, and finally completely solved the major trouble.

The inhabitants of the mountains here also fled in order to escape the war and famine after the Tumubao Incident.

All of them belong to the stateless black households, and they do not pay taxes to serve in normal times, and live by growing food and hunting.

Wang Yuan only "invited" a few families to come over, except for the person who led the way out of the mountain, the rest were all temporarily guarded. But there are more mountain people nearby, and the fight is raging here, how can the mountain people not know?

Anyway, they have already been discovered by officers and soldiers, and most of them will be tracked down afterwards, so they simply come directly to join the army to serve the country.

The black light and blind fire fought for a long time, and the light in the valley was already dark, and even the moonlight could not shine in for a few minutes, and in the end, it was impossible to distinguish between friend and foe, and the place where the battle was fought was full of corpses.

Seeing that the morale of the Ming army was like a rainbow and could not go down in a fight, Dayan Khan finally decided to quit his troops and recuperate.

"Great Khan, you can't fight anymore," said a Mongol chieftain, kneeling on the ground, "I, a Mongol son, should die on horseback instead of abandoning my horse in this valley!" ”

Dayan Khan sneered: "Put your children and grandchildren, are you complaining about me and letting your clan take the lead?" ”

"Don't dare!" Kowtow to the children and grandchildren hurriedly.

The eldest son of his son and grandson, Duoyan Weidu Duhua, nominally belonged to the Ming military attaché, but was called like a dog by Dayan Khan.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Duoyan Sanwei was attached, and Zhu Yuanzhang placed the Da Ning Dusi and let King Ning lead these Mongolian tribes - that is, to rebel against the ancestor of King Ning.

Zhu Di raised troops and was afraid of being stabbed by King Ning, so he went to Daning alone to negotiate. When he went back, Zhu Di emptied the Sigui Han army, and even the ambush soldiers set up by King Ning were taken away by Zhu Di. As a result, Daningwei no longer had the Han army to suppress Mongolia, Duoyan Sanwei became the lord of Daning, and Daning Dusi was moved to Baoding.

After Zhu Di became emperor, Duoyan Sanwei had the merit of following the dragon and officially obtained the territory of Daningwei. Afraid that King Ning would learn from himself, Zhu Di threw King Ning to Jiangxi, and the imperial court completely lost control of Daning.

Before Zhu Di died, Duoyan Sanwei began to rebel.

Zhu Di was furious, drove the expedition in person, won several big victories, and the three guards surrendered one after another. But Zhu Di ordered that all those who surrendered should be released and not killed.

During the Ming Xuanzong, Duoyan Sanwei rebelled again.

Ming Xuanzong led 3,000 horsemen to pursue, out of the Xifeng Pass and the enemy fierce battle, the emperor ran directly in front of the formation, shooting three people of Duoyan forward. Then the two wings shot together, broke the three guards, and knelt under the banner of the Yellow Dragon of Ming Xuanzong.

Until the Tumubao Change, it was the three guards of Duoyan who attacked and disturbed the border, and were beaten by the Ming army and then surrendered, and so on.

During the Hongzhi period, the Tatars rose and beat Duoyan Sanwei to the point that they could not take care of themselves and could only be forced to submit to Dayan Khan. Over the years, it has been invading the border of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhengde was beaten by the Ming army for ten years, so he could only enter the court to ask for surrender, and then surrender and rebel.

Da Ming hated the vacillation of Duoyan Sanwei, and so did Dayan Khan.

So, Dayan Khan ordered Doyan to take charge of Huadang and send his eldest son to his side. First, as a proton seizure, and secondly, to grasp some of the troops of the Duoyan Division, today's attack also made the Duoyan Division go to the bloody battle.

The children and grandchildren almost wanted to cry without tears, and after half a day of bloody fighting in the valley, his subordinates had killed thousands of people!

But there is no way, wanting to resist is tantamount to dreaming.

Over the years, how have the days of Duoyan Sanwei passed?

was forced by Dayan Khan to invade the border of the Ming Dynasty, and surrendered after being subdued by the Ming Dynasty. Once he surrendered, Dayan Khan used the excuse of Duoyan's troops to surrender to the enemy, and led his troops to rush to Duoyan's to rob and kill.

Poor Duoyan Sanwei was actually beaten by Da Ming and Tatar in turn.

The Tatar tribes laughed at their children and grandchildren, and also gathered together to discuss the situation of the war, and most of the chiefs did not want to fight again. First, when I came to fight in the mountains, my major was not right; Second, the terrain was limited, and the Mongol soldiers were at a disadvantage.

Even if the Han emperor could be captured, the Tatar soldiers would have to suffer thousands of casualties.

Dayan Khan pondered for a long time and said, "We have a large number of troops, and the terrain is narrow, so we can divide our troops to fight. Send 3,000 people on the left and right, find a suitable place, climb the mountain and go around to the rear of the Ming army, and the front and rear flanking attacks will definitely be able to win the battle. Tomorrow the offensive will continue to buy time for the troops behind the circle. ”