It seemed that God couldn't wait, the next morning there was no fog, and the sun rose early.

The Ming army had a total of 58,000 regular soldiers, and another 30,000 heavy soldiers, totaling nearly 90,000 people. This is far more than in history, mainly due to Zhu Houzhao's departure from Beijing a year ahead of schedule and urging the border town guards to replenish the empty soldiers.

Why just a little more?

Because nearly half of the reinforcements from Xuanfu have not arrived at the battlefield so far, it is estimated that they have just arrived in Huairen County.

Zhu Houzhao personally arranged the formation, did not play any new tricks, and honestly put out the regular formation of the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor naturally sat in the middle army, and then divided the front and rear left and right armies.

Five people are a team, ten teams are a team, ten teams are a sentry, and one sentry has 5,000 people.

The four armies in the front and back, left and right, each arranged two posts, and the 40,000 regular soldiers were scattered. The remaining 18,000 regular soldiers, as well as 30,000 auxiliaries, were all moving in the Chinese army.

In front of each team, there are three rejecting horses (or vans), and the rejecting horses are connected to iron chains in the middle. If the Mongol cavalry wanted to charge into battle, they had to dismount and remove the chains, while the Ming army could untie the chains and rush out at any time.

Witnessing this huge tortoise formation, Dayan Khan had no desire to attack at all.

The light cavalry attacks in such a tight formation, and still hits a hammer? Wash up and go to bed while it's early.

In the morning of the same day, Dayan Khan sent tens of thousands of cavalry to make a feint attack in a circle on all sides, wondering which direction of the Ming army had the weakest troops.

As a result, nothing was found, and it was almost the same.

In the afternoon, there were all kinds of feints, and arrows from both sides flew all over the sky, barely causing hundreds of casualties, and the number of dead was likely to be in the double digits.

This is probably the reason why in the history books it is said that the 100,000 army fought for a whole day, and the Mongol army lost 16 people and the Ming army killed 52 people. One didn't dare to attack in, the other didn't dare to kill out, it seemed that the fight was very lively, but in fact, they were just testing each other.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Zhu Houzhao's impatient personality was shown again, and he asked expectantly: "The Tartars don't dare to attack, what if they run away?" ”

Jiang Bin said with a smile: "If the Tartars withdraw their troops, even if we win this battle, after all, we have recaptured countless goods and people." ”

"General Ben personally led the army to fight, just to get this little thing back?" Zhu Houzhao was very dissatisfied.

The generals were shocked, afraid that the emperor would order a charge.

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao was not mentally retarded to that extent, and he suddenly said: "Fight the battle of the Son of Heaven!" ”

"Your Majesty, no!" The generals hurriedly admonished.

Everyone wanted to rely on the turtle formation to make the little Mongolian prince retreat. In this way, it can be advertised as a great victory, and even the Chinese officials of the DPRK cannot refute it, because they have indeed killed many enemies, and they have also recovered countless goods and people.

When the time comes, all the soldiers who participated in this battle will be rewarded, so why not?

But if you fight the battle of the Son of Heaven and let the other party know that the emperor is here, it is very likely that he will attack without his life, and what if the emperor is taken away!

Wang Yuan did not speak out to dissuade him, because he and Zhu Houzhao had the same idea, that is, to attract the other party to attack, otherwise it would be difficult to fight this battle.

Zhu Houzhao scolded: "It's called General I'm mighty!" ”

"Mighty general, don't be so dangerous."

"Mighty general, we are invincible, there is no need to show our identity as the Son of Heaven."

"Mighty General ......"

In the face of the tide of exhortation, Zhu Houzhao insisted on going his own way: "Don't speak, General Ben has already decided." Flag Fight! ”

Left and right, immediately raised twelve dragon flags.

Then, sixty-four flags were displayed around, including the Four Elephant Flag, the Five Peaks Flag, the Twenty-Eight Star Flags, and so on.

Directly in front of the emperor's royal car, a Beidou flag was erected, followed by a big flag.

The big silk is particularly eye-catching, usually placed in the Qixu temple in Beijing, and it is sacrificed in spring and autumn every year. Only when the emperor drove the expedition in person, or sent important ministers from the court, would he take it out of the temple and take it to the battlefield - Liu Liu and Liu Qi made such a big fuss, and this big banner was not moved at that time.

The flags of various colors were unfurled like a forest, and the morale of the soldiers of the Ming army was suddenly high. This thing is really like a war game, the special military flag is displayed, and the morale of the whole army is instantly bursting.

"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!"

Tens of thousands of soldiers spontaneously shouted, and the more they shouted, the more neat they became, like thunder on the ground.

Dayan Khan on the other side laughed: "Sure enough, the Han emperor is here, collect the troops today, and fight again tomorrow!" ”

Seeing the Mongolian cavalry retreating on all sides, Zhu Houzhao said worriedly: "This general has shown the banner of the Son of Heaven, and the little Mongolian prince will not slip away, right?" ”

The generals couldn't cry or laugh, the emperor was here, how could the Tartars leave easily!

That night, Zhang Yong took the initiative to find Wang Yuan and Jiang Bin, and the three of them had a small meeting in private again. Zhang Yong worried: "Both of them are people who know the soldiers, there should be no surprises in this battle, right?" ”

Jiang Bin said: "As long as Your Majesty does not act recklessly, it is fine." ”

Zhang Yong sighed: "Alas, our family doesn't want to be Wang Zhen'......"

"Bah, don't say such things, it's too unlucky." Jiang Bin hurriedly interrupted.

Wang Yuan suddenly said: "At most three or five days, the Tartars will definitely have action." In order to maintain mobility, they gave up a lot of baggage, how long can the rest of the food last? When the time comes, either we will attack and feint defeat, lure us into pursuit, and then look for opportunities to counterattack. Either withdraw the troops directly, and then send sentry cavalry to observe the movement of our army, looking for opportunities to make a surprise attack, and this is how the 'Tumubao Change' happened. ”

Zhang Yong said: "Then we must always be cautious and not give the Tartars any chance." ”

Wang Yuan turned his head to look to the north: "What I'm most worried about is that there may be Tartars in the direction of Huairen." A few days ago, I led five thousand light horsemen to open the way, and there were countless Tatar sentries along the way, and after being pursued by me, most of them ran towards the north. There are too many enemy cavalry, and our sentry cavalry can't go out, and if there are 10,000 or 20,000 thieves who have been quietly following behind, they can't find out at all. ”

Jiang Bin was shocked: "I'm afraid it's really possible." Most of the hidden thieves suddenly came out from the rear while our army was pursuing! ”

Wang Yuan said: "Therefore, no matter what happens, Your Majesty's Chinese army must not move, the sharpshooter battalion, the artillery battalion, and several used Shenji battalions I brought must be used to guard the Chinese army's large array!" ”

Zhang Yong said to Jiang Bin: "General Zhu, if Your Majesty is in danger, you and I will work together to stop him, don't care about the etiquette of the monarch and the minister." ”

"That's the only way, I'm also afraid that Your Majesty will have an accident." Jiang Bin said depressedly.

Wang Yuan personally inspected the barracks, called Pan Gui and other generals whom he had promoted, and admonished: "You are staying in the Chinese army, and no matter what happens, you must not leave Your Majesty for half a step. If a thief comes out from the rear and gives me a fierce defeat, and there is no enemy situation, I will defend it honestly! ”

"Yes!" The generals knelt on the ground and received the commandment.

The next day, it was foggy again.

When the fog cleared, the two armies clashed again, much more intense than the day before.