Wang Yuan came down from the top of the mountain, and it took a lot of time, so he could only rush to the end on horseback.

In the narrow valley, the Tatars fled into a long snake, and the Ming army chased into a long snake. Not only were many of the Tatar routs trampled to death, but even the Ming army, which was frantically chasing the enemy, also had some accidentally fallen off their horses and then trampled to death by the friendly troops who were crowded behind.

In this case, no one dares to get off the horse and cut off the head, because after going down, they can't get up!

Wang Yuan didn't dare to ride his horse hard, so he could only wait for all the Ming troops to chase him out before he rode his horse to follow—lest he be accidentally trampled to death by his own people.

After chasing for several miles in a row, some of the Tatar routs had already left the valley, and Wang Yuan was still blocked in the middle of the valley.

"Phew!"

Suddenly, Wang Yuan stopped his horse and jumped down to look at the corpse in a daze.

In the pile of corpses, a calf was prominently exposed, and a broken arrow was stuck in the calf. And at Wang Yuan's feet, there was a golden sable hat lying quietly, and the hat had been completely flattened.

Wang Yuan bent down to pick up the golden sable hat, patted the dust and blood stains on it, and then pulled the hat open and slowly covered the top of his head.

This golden mink hat, Wang Yuan has seen it many times, and it has always been on Dayan Khan's head.

After removing three corpses in a row, Dayan Khan finally appeared in its entirety. The arrow that hit him in the shoulder had also been broken, and although his head was still intact, his abdominal cavity was trampled into mud, and his internal organs, flesh, feces and urine were mixed together, and Wang Yuan could even see a horseshoe-shaped blood hole.

A generation of Mongolian Zhongxing lords died in a blur. I don't know when I was thrown away by my grandson, I don't know when I was trampled to death, and I even might die from the trampling of the Mongol rout.

Regarding this battle, Wang Yuan had many ideas.

Maybe it was the soldiers who came out of the mountain from the small road, got horses in Shanyin County, and galloped south to bring rescue troops. Or the Ming army sentry, seeing the smoke burning here, the army rushed to block Dayan Khan in the valley. Even the Tartars could not bear the casualties, Dayan Khan chose to withdraw, and Wang Yuan led his troops to kill and defeat him.

There are too many endings, but I didn't expect Dayan Khan to die so simply, so poorly, and so inexplicably.

But the reality is so elusive that it doesn't make any sense at all.

At the very least, Dayan Khan has experienced a bloody battle, and his death in history is even more nonsense. Every time he wanted to eat the bait sent by Zhu Houzhao, he was delayed by the fog, and after being chased by Zhu Houzhao to Shuozhou, a sandstorm suddenly blew again, and the two sides were forced to retreat. And back in the steppe, the forty-four-year-old Dayan Khan, who was upright and in the prime of life, was physically strong, and immediately died. Wounded and killed? Or did he die of illness? There is no record.

Cutting off Dayan Khan's head and hanging it from the saddle, Wang Yuan rode out again.

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The two Leopard House cronies who went out from the trail had to walk a winding and rugged mountain road and climb three hills to reach another valley. Walk along this valley outward, out of the valley and then east, and you will find the county seat of San'in County.

The mountain people said that it would take two days to walk.

But without counting the physical exertion, it only took them seven hours, and at dawn they were outside San'in City. This is still because the mountain road is not easy to walk at night, otherwise it will inevitably arrive faster.

Hearing that the emperor was surrounded in the mountains, the county of Sanyin was frightened. Immediately search for four horses, give them to the two Leopard House cronies, and let them go south quickly with two horses.

The two of them ran all the way south until dawn, and heard the sound of the Mongol trumpets in the distance.

However, Pang Long, Jin Ying and other troops in the direction of Huairen were too slow to assemble from Xuanfu, and they were thrown to the rear by Wang Yuan to respond. At the beginning, they formed a battle with Balsborough, and the main battlefield suddenly changed, and Balsborough ran away when he heard the news, and Pang Long and Jin Ying also followed a wild chase.

Balsborough rushed to the battlefield and was confronted by the sharpshooter, the supermachine, and the artillery team. This guy made a feint and found it difficult to deal with, so he threw down more than a dozen corpses and killed them to the west.

Halfway through, encountering the unorganized Zuo Qin Division, Balsborot immediately launched a surprise attack.

Zochin's troops, numbering about 2,000 men, were routed by Balsborot. Half of them were hunted down and hacked to death, and half of them were scattered in the mountains, and this army was directly finished. Bian General Zuo Qin was also seriously injured and escaped by lying on the ground and pretending to be dead.

Along the way, he encountered several more Ming troops, and seeing that he couldn't find an opportunity, Balsborough bypassed it directly.

The next thing that suffered was the general Gao Shi, who led his troops to chase very deeply, and many of his soldiers had lost their strength. Just sitting on the spot and resting, Balsborot suddenly attacked, and it was a big rout in an instant, and Gao Shi was shot dead by the Mongol cavalry on the spot.

In the face of more than 10,000 enemies killed from behind, Wang Xun, the chief soldier of Datong, and Zhu Zhen, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, sounded the trumpet one after another to gather troops.

But because the Ming army pursued and routed the enemy, the team was too long and scattered, and when the various armies were assembled, they had been defeated by Balsborough in seven in a row.

Of the 58,000 Ming soldiers, there were only about 40,000 left at this time. More than 30,000 heavy men were raided by the Balsborough Hui army, and only a few thousand people were left.

And Pang Long and Jin Yingbu rushed from the direction of Huairen, and ran head-on into Balsborot, who had come back. There was no time to form a formation, and they were killed on the march, and the two border generals escaped with only a few hundred remnants.

Balsborot, who only led more than 10,000 cavalry to hide behind, defeated the Ming army of 20,000 regular soldiers and more than 20,000 civilians - very few Ming troops were killed, most of them fled, and they didn't even think about returning after this battle.

did not continue to lead troops to raid, first, most of the Ming army had been assembled, and second, Balsborough's team was approaching horsepower.

At this moment, the 40,000 Ming army, which had just completed its assembly, encountered Arsuborot who had divided his troops.

Alsuborot rushed over with fifteen thousand horsemen and shouted: "The Han Emperor is dead, the Han Emperor is dead!" ”

The Chinese dialect of these Mongolians was obviously learned temporarily, and they were shouted several times in a row, but the Ming soldiers were stunned and did not understand.

"What are they shouting?" Zhang Yong asked.

Jiang Bin said angrily: "The ghost knows, it may be in mourning." ”

Wang Xun's color changed suddenly: "The Tartars have come back, where are Your Majesty and Governor Wang who chased them out?" ”

"The Han Emperor is dead!"

"The Han Emperor is dead!"

The Mongol Tatars continued to shout, and this time the generals finally understood, and even some of the soldiers understood.

Even if they were not attacked, this shocking news alone made the morale of the army fluctuate.

Zhu Zhen, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, suddenly shouted: "The Tartars are spreading rumors, don't be gullible." If His Majesty had already been martyred, how could the Tartars not bring the body of the Son of Heaven with him? How can you shout with such empty white teeth! ”

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Wang Xun, the chief soldier of Datong, also said: "Your Majesty, there are also 5,000 light cavalry of Governor Wang. Even if the battle is defeated, the 5,000 light cavalry will not be wiped out, at least a few cavalry will have to flee back to report the news. Governor Wang is brave and unparalleled, and he must be protecting His Majesty at this moment, and he is maneuvering with the main force of the Tartars. These Tartars in front of us are coming back to block us, so that we can't go over to support! ”

The two commanders did not believe that the emperor was dead, and everyone also had a fluke mentality, and immediately went to appease the impetuous soldiers.

Alsuborot had already sent troops to feint, and the Ming army's formation was a little flustered, but it quickly calmed down. Seeing that he couldn't find an opportunity, he was not in a hurry to attack, but only stayed there to prevent the Ming army from moving.

The confrontation lasted for a moment, and it was almost evening.

Balsborot returned and joined his brother with his tired cavalry.

So far, there are about 25,000 Mongolian cavalry, blocking the Ming army one after the other. Although the Ming army had 40,000 foot soldiers and thousands of people, they did not dare to act easily, even if they knew that the emperor might be in danger, they could not advance for half a minute - it was almost dark, and marching in front of more than 20,000 cavalry was tantamount to seeking death by themselves.

That night, the generals of the Ming army quarreled endlessly.

Zhang Yong, Jiang Bin and other emperor's cronies ordered the border generals to advance tomorrow. The border generals insisted on strictly guarding the big formation, waiting for Wang Yuan and Zhu Houzhao to return with their troops to converge.

After arguing for a while, the two sides broke up unhappily and went back to guard against the enemy's night attack.

There was indeed a night attack, and the Tartars launched a sneak attack in the middle of the night, but it only caused a lot of chaos, and the combined casualties on both sides were hundreds of people.

When the two Leopard House cronies arrived, it was already the next morning.

The Tartars were attacking the Ming army's main array, and there were many cavalry scattered around the periphery, and the two Leopard House cronies could not approach it at all.

"Woo! Woo! Woo! ”

One blew the horn, the other took out the flag, and kept running under the pursuit of the Mongol cavalry.

All the generals have clairvoyant mirrors, and they should be taken out immediately to observe, otherwise they will not be able to see clearly at all if they are too far away.

"It's Your Majesty's Yellow Dragon Banner!" Zhang Yong shouted happily.

The Daming Flag Order is not as complex as the modern flag language, and it can't express much content.

The five-color flag represents the five armies respectively, so as to command the advance and retreat of each army, and there are no more tricks to play otherwise.

I saw that in the midst of the galloping horse, the flag commander used the Yellow Dragon Flag as a cloak and tied it to his body. He took out two white and black flags, waved his arms and pressed forward, lifted them up and continued to press forward.

Wang Xun understood: "Your Majesty is in the northwest. ”

Zhang Hui frowned and said: "The northwest is full of mountains, could it be that Your Majesty and Governor Wang are in the mountains?" ”

Zhu Zhen clapped his hands and said, "That's definitely the case." His Majesty and Governor Wang were trapped in the mountains by the main force of the enemy, and only then did they not see a single rout return. ”

Jiang Bin said anxiously: "Rescue Your Majesty immediately!" ”

The generals looked at each other and could only send troops hard.

There is no way to send troops, because the whole army is pursuing, and the logistics baggage is not brought. After a few days, more than 40,000 people had to starve to death on the spot.

Fortunately, the terrain was relatively open, and the Ming army tried to maintain its formation as much as possible and moved forward little by little.

The little general's cannon has a wheel, and the Fran cannon has wheels, and at the moment they all shoot from the front and shoot indiscriminately. Fired a shot, immediately pushed the cannon a few steps forward, followed by the crossbowmen with a volley, and then stopped to reload and wind.

The Mongol cavalry on the periphery kept running and attacking, occasionally charging at the right time.

After moving about two miles to the north, you can already see the outlines of the mountains.

Zhang Yong didn't know how to fight, so he could only keep looking northwest with a clairvoyant mirror. Suddenly, the eunuch shouted, "There is beacon smoke, I see beacon smoke!" ”

When the generals looked up, it seemed that there was indeed smoke, but it was not very real.

So they picked up the clairglasses, and sure enough, they could see a little smoke, and Zhang Hui said: "It seems that Your Majesty is still ten miles away." ”

"It's not far away." Zhu Zhen was overjoyed.

The army moved half a mile to the northwest, and suddenly scattered Mongol cavalry rushed in, and they were all in disarray.

The brothers Bars and Arsu were shocked and personally rushed over to ask: "Why are you here?" What about the Great Khan? ”

The Mongol cavalry replied in a panic: "The Great Khan is dead in battle!" ”

The two brothers looked at each other, and Balsborough suddenly said: "Fourth brother, I'll go first!" ”

Alsuborot was stunned and immediately asked people to blow the horn and withdraw the army.

Balsborot was the deputy Khan of the Mongols, who had half of the entire Mongol army. Now that Dayan Khan is dead, and the life and death of the heir Bu Chi is unknown, this guy wants to immediately return to the steppe to inherit the throne.

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Balsborot, wishing that his nephew would die in the chaos. If you go to save it now, what if you really rescue your nephew? The uncle and nephew went back to compete for the sweat seat, which was embarrassing.

In Baars, it is better for the allies in the mountains to die. Those are all left-wing Mongolian tribes, all of which are stumbling blocks for him to compete for the Khan throne, if he can be killed by the Ming army, no one dares to oppose him when he goes back to establish himself as Khan.

As for Alsuboroth, he had already guessed the third brother's thoughts. He did not dare to stay here for a long time, and he had to return to the tribe as soon as possible and take the opportunity to occupy the pastures of other tribes. After expanding his power, he can support the third brother as the Great Khan, or he can find an opportunity to become the Great Khan himself, and the specific operation depends on the situation.

The border generals of the Ming Dynasty were stunned, thinking that the enemy army was feinting and luring again.

It wasn't until the brothers Bars and Arsu ran away without a shadow and more and more Mongol troops fled from the mountains that everyone believed that the Mongol Tartars were really fleeing.

Zhang Yong drew his sword: "The whole army is attacking, go and rescue Your Majesty." ”

The generals were full of slander about this, and this also rescued a hammer, which clearly showed that the emperor's side won the battle.