486 [Dragon City Annihilation]
With 6,000 cavalry, Azamuri fled through the ravines, sometimes even splitting his troops.
Yuan Da was directly dizzy, and the terrain was unfamiliar, and finally got lost among the mountains!
It's not really lost, the enemy divided his troops and fled, but Yuan Da didn't dare to divide his troops to pursue. Although the chase lost its direction, there were still enemy horses in front of it, but they were just led away from the battlefield.
And Azamuri, after getting rid of Yuan Da, led 5,000 cavalry to insert into Huizhou, vowing to attract all the main forces of the Ming army.
The cavalry of the Ming army in this northern expedition was partly under Wang Yuan and partly under Yuan Da. Zhu Houzhao's main force only left some sentry cavalry and five hundred leopard cavalry. If Azamuli is allowed to lead 5,000 cavalry and join up with the 3,000 cavalry responsible for cutting off food, the main force of the Ming army will completely lose the initiative, and although it can fight, it will not be able to win.
Fortunately, the more than 10,000 troops of Wang Xun, the general soldier of Liaodong, immediately set off after receiving the order and met Azamuri in the southwest valley of Laohahewei.
"How can there be enemies here, how many Ming troops are coming?" Azamuri is going crazy.
Wang Xun was also taken aback: "How can we still have the main force of the enemy army behind us?" ”
"Formation!" Wang Xun shouted.
"Withdraw!" Azamuri was furious.
There was no way to fight at all, the valley here was too narrow for the Mongol cavalry to deploy at all, and Azamuri's brain was rusty before it could attack.
Wang Xun did not dare to chase, his troops were mainly infantry, and there were also many baggage transport teams. He didn't dare to take the only more than 1,000 horsemen to run after the main force of the enemy's cavalry, and if he didn't pay attention, he would be divided and annihilated.
Wang Xun sent a sentry to observe the enemy behind him, and then ordered to speed up the march, and first rushed to Huizhou to open up the grain route.
Azamuri wanted to cry without tears, and his whole cavalry team did have the initiative and could freely choose to fight or evacuate. But this is not a grassland, but a damn mountain, and the road to Huizhou was blocked by Wang Xun's rescue troops.
If you want to make a detour, you will have to delay it for at least seven or eight days, and then the daylilies will be cold!
Azamuri is ruthless? Since Lao Tzu can't go to cut off food? Then go directly to the Ming border to loot. You can go north, and I can go south? Anyway, Jizhen and the Liaodong army have been emptied.
Azamuri chose to turn south? The 3,000 soldiers on the Huizhou side who were cut off from food were also surrounded on three sides? Forced to flee south.
Wang Yuan went to the grassland and copied their rear, and these guys also went to the Ming border to wreak havoc? It's nothing more than a change of home.
Do it like this? Zhu Houzhao had to withdraw if he did not withdraw his troops, and he could not let the enemy enter the country and toss around. And as soon as the main force of the Ming Dynasty withdrew, Duo Yanwei would revitalize the overall situation, because winter was coming.
Azamuri's strategy is clever? It's a pity that Wang Yuan was missed? How did he think that there was a Ming army coming from the north!
First of all, the border people of Jizhen suffered and were burned and looted by the Duo ** soldiers. If the local border army can fight, it has long followed the emperor's northern expedition, and the remaining weak brigades can only defend the city and send the enemy away with hatred.
Fortunately, Azamuri is unwilling to stay longer? Only grab food and set fires, afraid that the Ming army will return to the division? Dare not plunder the population and livestock.
This guy grabbed all the way from Jizhen to Liaoxi Road, and took advantage of the loophole to cross the Great Wall to Yingzhou. Where should be the battlefield that Wang Xun was responsible for? can be transferred by the emperor to rescue the grain road, and Azamuri swaggers through.
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Wang Yuan's harvest? Let Zhu Houzhao be ecstatic? I thought that this battle had been won by a great victory.
"Erlang is my lucky star? Unexpectedly, without much effort, tens of thousands of Duo Yanwei's troops were captured! Zhu Houzhao laughed.
Wang Yuan reminded: "Your Majesty, the whereabouts of the main force of the enemy army are unknown, and General Zhao (Yuan Da) is nowhere to be found. Beware! ”
Zhu Houzhao said with confidence: "Duoyanwei's troops have all been captured, what's the use of them leaving only cavalry?" If those cavalry heard the news, they would have been disheartened, and they might have come to surrender directly. ”
Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, after the minister rests, he plans to lead his troops into the mountains to search for the main force of the enemy. ”
After traveling thousands of miles and fighting for two months, the cavalry under Wang Yuan's command was exhausted. This rest was more than half a month, and when Wang Yuan went out again, he could only leave with 800 cavalry - the 200 people who had been reduced were either killed in battle or sick.
A few days after Wang Yuan left, Yuan Da sent someone back to report to the emperor. He only killed a few hundred enemy cavalry, and the rest were all lost, and now he continues to search.
A few days later, an urgent message came from the rear.
"What, the Duoyan thief went to Ji Town?" Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he kicked Gu Dayong over.
Poor Gu Da used a handful of old bones, I don't know how many feet he was kicked on this expedition, and the emperor's anger was all on him.
Gu Dayong cried with a sad face: "There are two groups of enemies who enter the country, one from Xifengkou, it should be the ones who ran out of food before." There is also a force that is attacking from the cold mouth, and it is estimated that it is the main force that General Zhao (Yuan Da) chased and lost. These thieves are plundering like the wind, and they can't be allowed to wreak havoc, so Your Majesty should withdraw your troops as soon as possible. ”
Zhu Houzhao was silent.
He finally knew why Duo Yanwei's strength was not strong, and the previous emperors did not raise a crusade. In addition to the need for them to act as a barrier to block the Mongols further north, there is also the fear of encountering the current situation.
If it weren't for Wang Yuan's detour to the grassland, sweeping through the rear of Duoyanwei, and being lucky enough to capture Duoyanwei's troops, then this dispatch would have been a complete failure!
What's the use of sending more troops?
People withdrew their troops to the grassland, taking advantage of the emptiness of your border, to drill a leak and change homes with you. When the time comes, you have to retreat obediently, but the other party can walk away.
For a while, Zhu Houzhao was depressed, and sighed: "Leave two thousand soldiers in each city to garrison, and the rest of the army will be withdrawn." ”
If the army is not withdrawn, Jizhen and the border of Liaoxi East Road will be turned upside down by Duoyanwei.
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Yingzhou, formerly known as Dragon City.
It has nothing to do with the Dragon City of "But make the Dragon City fly general", this was the old capital of Xianbei Murong, and the Murong clan moved the capital here and changed its name to Dragon City.
In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there were four guards in Yingzhou, but they were soon abandoned.
The land of Yingzhou was initially occupied by Tainingwei, and then annexed by Duoyanwei.
Wang Xun, the general soldier of Liaodong, had been sweeping in Yingzhou before, and the Duoyan tribe here was either dead or fleeing or captured. Azamuri went to the border of the Ming Dynasty to wreak havoc, and then crossed the city wall from Liaodong to Yingzhou to rest.
Zhu Houzhao is depressed, and Azamuri is even more depressed!
If it weren't for Wang Yuan's great achievements, Da Ming and Duo Yanwei would be a lose-lose situation. One has spent countless things, but has achieved nothing; One was forced to migrate, and the cavalry went to various places, which also cost the old bottom, and countless people will freeze to death this winter.
Azamuri did not know that his men had been captured, and firmly believed that Zhu Houzhao would definitely withdraw his troops. But he couldn't be happy, Duo Yanwei's loss was too great, and the subdued Taining and Fuyu Liangwei would inevitably take the opportunity to rebel and even run to rob his ranch.
There were only more than 3,000 cavalry left around Azamuri, and they ran a lot more on the way back!
After resting for a few days, Azamuli led his troops back to Daning, and he felt that the Ming army in Daning City should have withdrawn, and he could regain the lost territory by going back this time.
As soon as he walked out of more than 20 miles, he bumped into the Ming cavalry.
It was not a coincidence that Wang Yuan joined Yuan Da in the mountains, and by the way, he divided some cavalry from Yuan Da. Unaware that Azamuri had gone south, they searched in the direction of Huizhou and learned outdated information from Wang Xun.
So, the two led their troops back again, for fear that the main force of the enemy army would fight the emperor.
As a result, Daning City found no trace of the enemy, so it could only rest and replenish for a few days, and then ran to the mountains to look for the enemy. After the boundary of the Laoha River, the terrain suddenly opened up, but it still belongs to the flat land between the mountains.
There are two roads to go, one to the northeast to the hometown of Yingzhou Youwei, and the other to the southwest to the hometown of Yingzhou Zhongwei.
Wang Yuan and Yuan Da immediately divided their troops and each led 3,000 cavalry to follow the enemy's tracks.
Wang Yuan's luck was really good, Yuan Da flew into the air again, but Wang Yuan collided head-on with Azamuri.
Of the 3,000 cavalry in Wang Yuan's hand, there were 2,000 musket cavalry and 1,000 cavalry of the border army. As for Azamuri, there were only 3,800 horsemen left at this time, but many of them were his descendants.
"Haha, I found it!" Wang Yuan laughed.
Azamuri exclaimed: "Why hasn't the Ming army withdrawn yet? ”
In fact, the main force has been withdrawn, and Zhu Houzhao is angry on the road for no reason.
Wang Yuan said to the Mongolian soldiers: "Go over and shout. ”
The Mongolian cavalry immediately rushed to the front of the formation, opened his voice and shouted: "Wang Yuan, the left squire of the Ming Dynasty who slashed Dayan Khan, is here, and nearly 100 tribes in the Quanning grassland have been swept away by Wang Shilang. Tens of thousands of people in Duoyan Wei's family were also captured by Wang Shilang. If you know each other, surrender quickly! ”
Including Azamuri, these ** soldiers all stood on the spot.
After Wang Yuan beheaded the little Mongolian prince, his murderous reputation had already spread to all the Mongolian tribes. If someone else led the troops, these words may not be credible, but if it is really Wang Yuan's army leading a surprise attack, it is really possible to run to the Quanning grassland to sweep, and then return to the army to capture the Duoyan Wei troops.
Nine times out of ten, this news is true!
"Governor, come down." The guards advised.
They betrayed the Ming Dynasty countless times, and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty countless times, and they have long been used to it.
Others can descend, but Azamuli can't, and he also has an elder brother who works as a proton in Daming. This guy hissed and shouted: "You guys followed me, you just looted the Daming borderland, aren't you afraid of being killed after surrendering?" Warriors of Uryanha, follow me! ”
Of the 3,800 ** soldiers, more than 3,000 stood still, and only a few hundred people were left to charge with Azamuri.
As long as you don't have the will to die, then you're still a fart? The clansmen have been arrested, even if they can win, how can they go back and reproduce offspring, and become a man who horses?
Even if Wang Yuan didn't bump into these people, most of them would choose to surrender voluntarily when they went back to find out about the situation.
In the face of the hundreds of cavalry rushing over, the two thousand firecracker cavalry silently raised their flintlock muskets, and the one thousand cavalry of the border town also collectively raised their bows and arrows.
These guys are here to send them to death, and Wang Yuan can fulfill them.
The hundreds of ** soldiers had just started, and the three thousand ** soldiers behind him suddenly raised their bows and arrows and fired arrows at their former comrades. And there are more and more ** soldiers who release arrows, and they need to atone for their sins and help Daming shoot the rebellious ministers and thieves.
There were muskets and bows and arrows in front, and bows and arrows in the back, and hundreds of Duo** soldiers who died were killed and injured in an instant.
Some people were inexplicable and didn't want to die, so they ran to the side, and then dismounted and knelt down to ask for surrender.
By the time they rushed to Wang Yuan's twenty paces away, there were only more than 100 of these ** soldiers left.
Even so, Wang Yuan was unwilling to fight hard, scattered his troops to dodge on both flanks, and released arrows as he ran, not intending to pay any casualties.
Shout!
Wang Yuan shot an arrow, and Azamuri fell from his horse and died, falling to the ground and dying.
As for the ** soldier who ran out of food, it is still raging on the border of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Yuan can't control it, and he doesn't know where to flee, so he probably chooses to defect to Tainingwei.
From beginning to end, in Wang Yuan's eyes, this Northern Expedition was not military-oriented.
Immigration is the most important thing.
Moreover, Wang Yuan planned to use the newly recovered lost land as a test field to carry out the reform of the Ming military system.