Tartar camp.

The king of Turpan, Sutan Ali, who led his troops to retreat, was very unhappy in his heart, and said loudly after seeing Qi Jiasilan: "The Ming army's firearms are so sharp, why didn't you say it before the war!" For the losses suffered by the white-clothed iron horsemen under my command, you will compensate me in full! ”

Hearing this, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and was very unhappy in his heart, but he still said: "I told Your Majesty before the war, the Ming army has sharp firearms, and it must not be fought head-on, but I remember that Your Majesty didn't seem to believe it much at that time!" How? Your Majesty has suffered a loss in this battle? ”

The king of Turpan, Sutan Ali, snorted coldly and said, "This battle is just a dismal result!" ”

Then, the king of Turpan, Sutanali, did not continue to dwell on this issue, and continued: "Now that the army has arrived, how to fight next? In my opinion, the whole army is pressed and a decisive battle with the Ming army! ”

"Our army has a large number of iron cavalry, and even if the Ming army has sharp firearms, it is not as flexible as our army, so I think that our army should mainly attack and harass the Ming army next, and then launch a general attack with the advantage of strength when the Ming army is poorly supplied and the army is exhausted!"

Jia Silan sneered and said: "As long as our army can defeat the Ming army, and we can defeat Liu Juntao, the secretary of the Ming Army, here, we can be famous all over the world, and even make the Ming Kingdom fear our army, not to mention Hamiwei in the future, even Gansu and other places are promising!" ”

When the king of Turpan, Sutan Ali, heard this, he turned his anger into joy, laughed and said, "Good! Since this is the case, then let's work together and fight the Ming army here to the end! ”

In the next few days, the king of Turpan, Sutanali, sent 5,000 iron cavalry, and Gui Jiasilan also dispatched 10,000 iron cavalry, and the 15,000 Hu iron cavalry began to divide into more than a dozen teams to carry out uninterrupted attacks on the Ming army.

For a time, within a hundred miles around the battlefield, there were galloping Tartar iron cavalry everywhere, and groups of Tartar iron cavalry were extremely arrogant, attacking the camps of the Ming army everywhere, and even went around to the flank of the battlefield and the rear to raid the supply lines and baggage troops of the Ming army.

Liu Juntao also had a countermeasure to this, and discussed with the chief military officer of the Tiance Army, as well as Niu Ling, the chief military officer of Shaanxi Town, and decided to plan the plan, and everyone spent two days secretly formulating a battle plan, preparing to annihilate the main army of the Tartars and recover the Hamiwei together!

On the first day, Liu Juntao mobilized and sent thousands of iron cavalry to attack in a group to launch a counterattack against the Tartar cavalry, but in the face of the high morale and superior strength of the Tartar cavalry, this move still had little effect.

On the fifth day, seeing the initial results, the first results of the Jiasilan and Turpan king Sutan Ali were very excited, especially the Ming army iron cavalry ran into walls everywhere, so that the two of them were even more confident, so they added 10,000 iron cavalry, a total of 25,000 iron cavalry to attack the Ming army, Liu Juntao immediately ordered the Ming army to retreat ten miles back and camp.

After hearing the news, the king of Turpan, Sutan Ali, agreed that the Ming army had begun to be exhausted, so they led two armies of more than 270,000 Hu people to advance eastward and set up camp twenty miles away from the Ming army's camp.

Subsequently, the two increased the number of iron cavalry to 30,000, continued to harass the Ming army, and firmly suppressed the Ming army's range of activities within ten miles around the Ming army's camp.

The Ming army's counterattack became weaker and weaker, and even some smaller camps began to hold out behind closed doors.

On the tenth day, Liu Juntao once again ordered the whole army to retreat, and led more than 100,000 Ming soldiers to retreat ten miles again, and re-encamp around a woodland.

Not only that, Liu Juntao also ordered the officers and soldiers of all departments to tighten their vigilance, and the Ming army camps everywhere began to repair fortifications around the camp, which is the current posture of the enemy.

Seeing this, the king of Turpan, Sutan Ali, was even more excited, and after some discussion, they thought that the Ming army must be unable to keep up with the logistics and supplies, and they were tired after a long battle, and began to take a defensive position under the constant attack of their own side.

"Let's work harder, and the Ming army will be unable to hold on!"

Turpan King Sutanali said loudly with a smile.

He also laughed for a while, but he still had some doubts in his heart, the Ming army still had more than 100,000 horses, and there were also many soldiers and horses in Jiayuguan and Suzhou, Shazhouwei and other places, and the number of troops was more than 200,000, so it was impossible to give up the initiative so easily!

Moreover, the leading general of the Ming army is Liu Juntao, the secretary of the military department, who is a fierce general who has destroyed the Tatar Department and the Wara Department, and the Tiance Army under his command is also the leading strong army of the Ming Dynasty, how can he be so can't help fighting?

Thinking of this, Jia Silan began to worry a little in his heart, but in the face of the situation of victory, he felt a little excited.

In addition, the king of Turpan, Sutan Ali, was constantly instigated on the side, so that he would launch a general attack with himself and defeat the Ming army as soon as possible, so that he had no mind to think about anything else.

In the next few days, the army of Gasilan and the king of Turpan, Sutan Ali, joined forces, and continued to approach the Ming army camp with the strategy of attacking and harassing the iron cavalry of the brigade and the steady advance of the main army, so that the iron cavalry horses of the Ming army did not collect at night and counterattacked continued to shrink, and the battle situation was very good, and the morale of the Tartar army was greatly boosted.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also convened the chief military officers of various departments in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Bingxian! The soldiers have been too angry these days, when are we going to fight back! ”

Yan Hu said loudly with a stomach, and everyone around him was also discussing, such a big step back, everyone couldn't help it, when did the dignified Tiance Army fight such a battle?

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Everyone be patient a little longer, and when the news comes from the iron cavalry army north of Hamiwei, we can act according to the plan." ”

Everyone was also tolerant, and they all looked at Liu Zi'an.

Liu Zi'an said with a smile: "Don't worry, just a few days ago, Zhou Zongsheng, the chief military officer of Hanhai Town, sent news that he was ready to raid Hamiwei, and it is estimated that it will start in the next few days, according to the plan, the counteroffensive of the army will be in these few days!" ”

"Good!"

Everyone shouted, and Yan Hu and Chen Ziping even jumped up and asked to fight the vanguard.

Liu Juntao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Our army has retreated a few times, which can be regarded as giving enough face to Sutan Ali and Ji Gasilan, and next, we are going to slap their faces fiercely!" ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Then, Liu Juntao said with a straight face: "Everyone! This battle is related to the fortune of our emperor and Ming, and strive to gather and annihilate the army of Tartars in one battle, recover Hamiwei, and lay the foundation for the army to advance into the Western Regions! ”

Yan Hu, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Sun Xu and other generals, Lan Siqi, Zhang Yuqing, Liu Zi'an, Xiang Qun, Huang Wu and other shogunate officials stood up and hugged their fists together: "The last general (subordinate) is willing to follow the soldiers to the bloody battlefield and make contributions!" ”

At the same time, the Tartar battalion.

The two were very excited about the victories during this time, thinking that the Ming army was in the present dynasty.

Turpan King Sutan Ali laughed and said: "Great Khan, I see if we have sent some troops and horses from Hamiwei, especially the Holy Sect Guards under the command of the Great Khan, which are famous all over the world, and now that the decisive battle is imminent, the more troops our army has, the better." ”

Gasilan smiled, put down the horn cup in his hand, and said, "Is it appropriate to draw troops from Hamiwei at this time?" After all, Hamiwei is our rear, so we have to be safe. ”

"Haha!"

The king of Turpan, Sutan Ali, laughed and waved his hand, and said: "Since Hamiwei is in the rear, what danger will there be, can the Ming army still bypass our hundreds of thousands of troops and rush through the desert in the north?" ”

Hearing this, Jia Silan couldn't help but be stunned, and his heart jumped suddenly, and then he shook his head and laughed with Sutan Ali.

That's right!

In the vast desert north of Hamiwei, even the Hu tribes did not dare to set foot easily, let alone the Ming army living in the Central Plains? It's the land of death, and the army can't get through it!

Even if the Ming army is really brave enough to attack Hamiwei from the north, there will never be many troops, and it will not be able to shake the heavily garrisoned Hamiwei!

Thinking of this, Qi Gaslan relaxed slightly, and couldn't withstand the repeated assertions of the king of Turpan, Sutanali, so he nodded and agreed to send troops and horses from Hamiwei to support.

However, the two immediately disagreed on how to draw troops.

The king of Turpan, Sutanali, advocated that the 50,000 Shengjiao guards stationed in Hamiwei be mobilized, and the 40,000 soldiers and horses left behind by himself and the 50,000 foot soldiers left by Ganslan continued to garrison Hamiwei.

He sneered in his heart: Why did he keep sending troops and horses to support the front line, while the Turpan people stayed in the Hami Acropolis?

"Since it is the front line of increasing the number of troops, then we need to mobilize more troops and horses......

"In my opinion, the 50,000 Holy Sect guards can be transferred, but will His Majesty's 40,000 troops also be transferred?" In this way, our front-line army can increase by nearly 100,000 troops, and there are 35 or 60,000 soldiers and horses on the front, which can be said to be a victory! ”

"The Holy Sect's Guards are strong, is this necessary?"

Gaslan smiled and said, "Of course it's necessary! Since we are joining forces, we must advance and retreat together! What's more, if you defeat the Ming army earlier, Your Majesty will take over the Hami Acropolis one day sooner! Your Majesty, what do you say? ”

The king of Turpan, Sutan Ali, frowned, thought for a moment, and then laughed and said, "It's okay! Then let's transfer troops together, my 40,000 warriors, plus the Great Khan's 50,000 Holy Sect guards, will definitely greatly enhance the combat power of our army, so that the Ming army has no possibility of turning the tables! ”

"Haha!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the tension just now dissipated instantly, and they drank and ate meat together again.