From Datong Mansion to Yingzhou, there are only 200 miles of road, and it is located in the Datong Basin, so the march is very fast and convenient.

Zhu Houzhao only waved his division to the south for half a day, and the cavalry of the various departments of Xuanfu were ordered to catch up. More than 1,000 horsemen, less dozens of horses, scattered together, plus the cavalry brought by the capital, there are more than 5,000 light cavalry and 500 heavy cavalry in total.

"All cavalry, under the command of the Governor of the King!" Zhu Houzhao immediately ordered.

The border generals of the Xuanfu have no objection to this, after all, Wang Yuan's achievements have always been there, and he is not an ordinary civil official who can only deceive people.

Only Jiang Bin, Xu Tai and other fortunate border generals were quite dissatisfied in their hearts. This battle was against the Mongol cavalry, no matter what the victory or defeat, the cavalry would be of great use, Wang Yuan actually snatched all the cavalry.

Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, the five hundred heavy horses, it is useless for the ministers to take them, so let's continue to defend the royal car." ”

"But," Zhu Houzhao ordered, "speed up the march!" ”

Wang Yuan left 500 heavy cavalry and hundreds of sentinel cavalry for the emperor, and he led 5,000 light cavalry to the south.

Compared with the original history, Zhu Houzhao's rescue speed was much faster, because Wang Yuan suggested moving to Datong Mansion in advance, instead of waiting for the Xuanfu army to assemble in Yanghe.

However, the distance of 200 miles for reinforcement was not reached for five days, not only was it attacked by the Mongol cavalry on the way, but also because three of the five days were foggy in the morning!

No matter how anxious Zhu Houzhao was, he didn't dare to lead tens of thousands of troops and march quickly in the fog. I could only wait for the fog to almost dissipate, and then we started to move forward in the middle of the morning, which greatly slowed down the rescue speed.

This situation made Zhu Houzhao very depressed, and Dayan Khan was even more depressed.

Wang Xunliu's troops were so large that Dayan Khan couldn't bite them at all. But Zhu Luan and Xu Fu, who rushed to the battlefield later, were in danger on the day of the battle, and they were almost killed, and they actually jumped out of the encirclement on the second day by taking advantage of the fog.

Zhu Luan and Xu Fu chose the terrain of the mountain and insisted on defending for two days. Seeing that it was about to collapse and that there was a heavy fog, the two moved again.

Dayan Khan's original plan was to eat Zhu Luan and Xu Fu, who had few soldiers, and then transfer troops to surround Wang Xun and other border generals, and then send elite troops to encircle the point to send reinforcements, looking for an opportunity to kill the "civilian governor" who rushed over.

But that hellish fog completely disrupted Dayan Khan's battle plan!

On the fifth day of the battle, the people under the command of Zhu Luan and Xu Fu had either died or run away, and only more than 2,000 soldiers survived. They did not evacuate the battlefield without permission, they could not outrun the cavalry, and their morale was extremely low, and it was likely that they would collapse when they were chased by the Mongols on the way to withdraw; Second, after receiving the military order, the emperor has already led troops to rescue them, so that they can drag the enemy to the death, even if they run away now, they will be questioned afterwards.

So, Zhu Luan and Xu Fu withdrew directly to a hill with 2,000 remnants of soldiers, and survived stubbornly.

……

"Governor, hundreds of Tartars have been found ahead, do you want to order a pursuit?" Wei Tianxiang asked.

Wang Yuan said: "There is no need to chase, continue to divide the troops to investigate, and withdraw immediately when encountering a large number of enemy troops." ”

Wang Yuan handed over all the infantry under his command to Zhu Zhen, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and personally led 5,000 cavalry to quickly go south. The main purpose was to probe the enemy along the way, so as not to fall into the trap of the enemy.

Five thousand light cavalry is already more than eighty percent of all the cavalry of the Ming army in the entire Datong Town battlefield, including Yingzhou.

Wang Yuan was the temporary cavalry commander, and the deputy general was Wei Tianxiang.

This guy's uncle is Wei Bin, one of the "Eight Tigers".

When Wei Bin was at the height of his power, he was in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, controlled the imperial horse supervisor, and held the Shenji Battalion and the 3,000 Battalion. At that time, Wei Bin was arrogant and quarreled with another "Eight Tigers" Ma Yongcheng, and the two quarreled until Zhu Houzhao was dismissed.

After the fire in the Qianqing Palace, there were countless impeachment chapters, and Zhu Houzhao felt that he couldn't control the civil officials, so he reactivated the eunuchs who were removed from their posts such as Zhang Yong and Wei Bin.

Of the 5,000 cavalry commanded by Wang Yuan at this time, 2,000 were under the command of Wei Bin. The old eunuch was almost sixty years old, so it was naturally impossible for him to follow the charge, so he sent his own nephew to "supervise the army".

Wei Tianxiang relied on his uncle's relationship, and he had already become a commander and a military attaché, but he had never really fought so far.

Once this guy doesn't listen to his command, Wang Yuan will cut it down, and then take full control of the five thousand light horsemen.

The further south, the more Mongol cavalry there were.

And they were all hundreds of horsemen, taking turns to attack and harass. You chase, and he runs; If you don't chase him, he will quietly follow.

This strategy of the Mongol cavalry had three purposes: first, to slow down the rescue speed of the Ming army; second, to block the battlefield vision as much as possible; Third, once the Ming army showed its flaws, those scattered Mongol cavalry would quickly gather to attack.

Wang Yuan naturally thought of an animal—a wolf!

It's very disgusting, I can't fight, I can't shake it off, and I can't really ignore it.

For two days in a row, there were more and more such Mongol cavalry, and Wang Yuan's five thousand light cavalry no longer dared to disperse. He ordered several pursuits, but with little success, killing only a single digit number of enemy horsemen.

Even, Wang Yuan didn't dare to march too fast, so he could only press the speed as much as possible, and always kept a distance of more than ten miles from the emperor's army. Because Wang Yuan was worried, he didn't know where to hide most of the Mongolian army, and suddenly attacked Zhu Houzhao's main formation.

However, Wei Tianxiang performed well, although this guy is not good at fighting, he finally knows what to do. Behind him is the emperor, Wei Tianxiang did not dare to come nonsense, and conscientiously carried out every order of Wang Yuan.

Not only that, but the generals around Zhu Houzhao were also extremely cautious one by one. In the face of countless small groups of enemies, he never took the initiative to pursue, but only rushed honestly, preferring to sacrifice the speed of the march rather than leave the enemy with any flaws.

About ten miles behind the emperor's army, in fact, thousands of enemy horsemen have been following, because the battlefield vision is covered by a large number of Mongolian sentinels, the Ming army has not found it from beginning to end.

The person who commanded the army was none other than Dayan Khan's third son, the Mongolian deputy Khan Bal Su Polo!

Like a wolf king, Ba'er Su Polo sent wolf cubs to constantly harass his prey, and he led the main force to follow quietly. As long as there was any negligence on the part of the emperor's army, he could blow the horn to gather his troops and lead 10,000 Mongol light cavalry to launch a surprise attack.

This is Dayan Khan's countermeasure, Zhu Houzhao wanted to join forces to annihilate the main Mongol force, Dayan Khan sent his son to lead 10,000 cavalry, waiting for the right time to poke Zhu Houzhao's chrysanthemum.

But the situation is very embarrassing, Zhu Houzhao is not extremely smart, and he saw through Dayan Khan's strategy. Instead, he looked down on the scattered enemies of hundreds of teams, and rushed to Yingzhou to fight a decisive battle wholeheartedly, ignoring the countless baits thrown by Ba'er Su Polo.

Ba'er Su Polo is purely flattering to the blind, and he doesn't know that the enemy's main general is actually a battlefield newcomer who doesn't know anything.

"The commander of the enemy army must be a battlefield general, maybe it is Wang Yuan who destroyed Turpan! If Father Khan's plan is not successful, I am afraid that this battle will be a bit difficult to fight. Ba'er Sopolo secretly guessed.

In fact, as long as Ba'er Su Polo rushed forward with 10,000 cavalry, he would definitely be able to divert Zhu Houzhao's offensive target, causing the Ming army in the direction of Yingzhou to lose rescue and annihilate the whole army. But Ba'er Su Polo thought too much and overestimated Zhu Houzhao's IQ, so he decided to continue to hide and track, and suddenly killed from the rear when the decisive battle came.

……

It was another evening, and the fighting was over, and they rested.

An extraordinary meeting was held in the barracks, and Zhang Hui said to Wang Xun: "General Wang, the gunpowder in the army is about to run out. ”

Xiao Lu said: "My arrows are almost running out. ”

Ma Sheng said: "The Mongol cavalry is gathering more and more, and it is estimated that the Tartars who have been scattered and looted have been recalled, and we are facing at least 40,000 enemies. Vice President Zhu on the opposite mountain is estimated to have been pressed and beaten by tens of thousands of thieves. If reinforcements don't arrive, we'll all have to die here. ”

Shi Chun is also complaining: "Even if it is foggy in the morning, I don't dare to move." Every day, soldiers take advantage of the fog to escape, and once we retreat in the fog, I am afraid that when the fog clears, we can only have half of the soldiers left. ”

Wang Xun stubbornly encouraged: "Hold on for one more day, reinforcements will come!" ”

"You said the same thing yesterday." There is no good airway when it is high.

Ma Sheng suddenly said: "Could it be Jiang Bin and the eunuchs, who have no eggs, who were scared by the Mongolian Tatars and instigated His Majesty to withdraw their troops halfway?" Throw us here to die! ”

As soon as these words came out, all the generals looked at each other and felt that it was very likely to be the case.

Wang Xun scolded: "Shut up, don't disturb the morale of the army!" ”

Ma Sheng sneered: "The military spirit is still using me to disturb it? It's been a mess for a long time. When the gunpowder and arrows are exhausted, hold on for half a day at most, and then the whole army will surely be defeated. ”

Wang Xun glared at Ma Sheng: "Do you dare to withdraw the army?" ”

Ma Sheng was speechless.

"If you don't dare to withdraw the army, you will die, and if you can last a few days," Wang Xun said comfortingly, "I have dealt with Governor Wang, although he is a civil official, he is a bloody man." He was in the Western Regions, and he led thousands of improvised miscellaneous horsemen to dare to rush thousands of miles to take the Turpan Royal City. With him by His Majesty's side, how could he be frightened away by the Tartars? ”

When Wang Yuan went on an expedition to the Western Regions, Wang Xun was the chief soldier of Gansu, and the two had communicated in Ganzhou.

It was precisely because of Wang Xun's excellent performance in Gansu that he was transferred to Datong as the chief soldier, and was even thrown out by the emperor as a bait to delay the Mongolian army.

After hearing this, the generals reluctantly regained their confidence and were no longer sure that the emperor would slip away halfway.

Xiao Lu said: "It's up to Governor Wang, he is a real man." Anyway, I can't believe Jiang Bin, this guy is used to retreating from battle, and the best thing is to kill good and take risks. Not to mention those eunuchs who don't have eggs, they can only make money, they know how to fight! ”

"Jiang Bin is the most hateful," Ma Sheng complained, "If he hadn't instigated His Majesty to conquer in person, how could we have been trapped here by the Tartars?" ”

Shi Chun sneered: "Jiang Bin, in order to increase his official ranks, he treats the officers and soldiers of the Nine Towns as chess pieces, and one day he will be killed by the civilian officials." ”

"Woo!!!"

A few miles away, there was a sudden sound of a trumpet, and the Mongol camp quickly lit up countless torches.

Wang Xun stood up and said happily: "Reinforcements are coming!" ”