Chapter Seventy-One: Fighting Back at the Rebels

My analysis made Bahannaji gasp, if this is the case, it will be tricky, but for the withdrawal of troops, Bahannaji still disagrees very much, after all, the current opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if it is missed in vain, wouldn't it be too pity.

said what he thought in his heart, but when he saw me, he smiled bitterly and said: "What you said, grandpa doesn't understand, but this time the army went south to attack Mingting, but it did all the strength of the whole clan, and we can't afford to lose this battle at all!" However, looking at the current situation, the odds of victory are not great, so the safest thing to do is to withdraw the troops as soon as possible to avoid heavy losses! ”

Bahan Naji was immediately silent, and it was precisely because of this consideration that the 100,000 iron horsemen who had come to fight for the food and grass in the past three months had not made any big moves.

"Okay, don't sway anymore, the Han people often say that you are not afraid of no firewood if you stay in the green mountains, let's do it this time!" I replied with a hammer, and this matter was decided.

"The Tartars have withdrawn!" When the news came, Shen Chongming, who was ready to command the army for a difficult battle early in the morning, couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

The spy who came to report hurriedly nodded, bowed down and said: "Grandpa Qiqi, this matter is true, the place where the Tartar soldiers stayed last night was in a mess, and there were a lot of grain, grass and horse harnesses, so it can be seen that they left in a hurry!" ”

Hearing this, Shen Chongming's first reaction was that there was fraud in it. Although he thought about it carefully and felt that it was unlikely, Shen Chongming still patiently ordered: "Send more scouts to spy on the enemy's situation, the army is divided into three parts, the front, middle and rear, and follow the tanma ten miles apart. ”

The generals were ordered to go their separate ways, but before they could set out, another wave of horses rushed back, and the Tartars were fleeing northward, and according to observation, there were at least 80,000 troops.

"My lord, the Tartars should not really withdraw their troops!" Wang Chonggu thought for a moment, the Tartar soldiers and horses were less than 100,000, this is the data that has been repeatedly verified in the past three months, and there is absolutely nothing wrong, and now the Tanma has found out that there is only such a group of people within a radius of 100 miles, and the number is about the same, in such a short time, it is unlikely that they will have the opportunity to lay a trap.

Shen Chongming also had such thoughts in his heart, but he was not tired of cheating, he couldn't act recklessly at this critical moment, once he really fell into the trap of the Tartars, it would be a big deal.

"My lord, the last general is willing to lead a group of men and horses to catch up and test whether the Tartars really have a trap!" Wang Zhen stood up and tested himself with his life, which should be the most correct choice at the moment.

Shen Chongming nodded, and agreed to Wang Zhen's proposal without thinking too much, seeing this is enough to show that he is still a wise and brave general, and it is also suitable to send him to the famous contract.

I am determined to withdraw my troops, so naturally I will not care too much about the specific movements of the Ming army, and I have to report that a Ming army is coming to pursue, and immediately order to speed up and move forward, and the Ming army must not be bitten.

"This is really strange, why did I retreat so easily?" After chasing after him for a day, he drove out more than three hundred miles, and seeing the Mongolian Tartars disappear into the vast grassland, Shen Chongming in the cold wind couldn't help but shrink his neck and said to the second brother beside him.

"I don't know!" Brother Erdan didn't wait to see it, and while snorting his nose, he grabbed a large cake from his arms and bit it, eating it with relish.

Shen Chongming was speechless for a while, knowing that this guy was seizing this rare opportunity to tease himself, who let him never let him put on his armor and fight happily.

"Give me one!" Glaring at him, Shen Chongming said with a tiger face, he dared to eat alone in front of himself, didn't he know that his grandfather had not eaten a drop of water all day?

Brother Erdan was silent, and took out another piece of bread casually, but it was not in his arms, but in a package hanging on his chest.

Shen Chongming showed a hint of a smile, this guy still cares about himself as an adult, and he is happy in his heart, but Shen Chongming's expression, who was about to break his teeth in his mouth, instantly condensed on his face, and he let go of the big cake with a grin, and said angrily: "Erdan, what is this!" ”

"Flatbread! Same! Brother Erdan shook the big cake in his hand that there was only a small corner left, and then he ate it into his mouth again.

Shen Chongming involuntarily swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, and after thinking about it carefully, he finally found a different place, good boy, his one was hidden in his arms, but his own one was in the package, it was freezing this day, without the warmth of body temperature, this big cake was naturally frozen as a rock, how could it not break his teeth?

"You're ruthless!" Leaving a sentence, Shen Chongming didn't eat the cake anymore, and summoned the herald to order the army to withdraw to the pass overnight, in the cold winter and the moon, on the grassland with no shelter, the cold of the night was enough to freeze an adult war horse, not to mention the soldiers who had worked hard for a day.

The next morning, the army finally arrived at a small town, people were sleepy, looking at the rising sun, Shen Chongming ordered to rest for an hour, light a fire and boil water to fill the stomach with this cold cake.

The soldiers slacked off, but Shen Chongming and the generals did not have such a good treatment, and once again got together to discuss what to do next.

"Look at the current situation, the Tartars should really withdraw their troops, but we can't take it lightly, for the sake of safety, the army will be stationed on the front line of the Great Wall for five days, in order to blind the Mongolian spies who spy on the military, and then, if there is still no news that I will go and return, I will withdraw to Datong Mansion to meet the rebels, and then Datong City will leave 10,000 horses to garrison, in addition, the horses should also be released more, and always monitor the movement on the grassland, in case I answer and lead the troops to counterattack!" Shen Chongming said solemnly, but unfortunately as soon as the words fell, his stomach let out a low scream, he hadn't eaten for a day and a night, and he was really hungry at this time.

"My lord, since you want to stay in Datong, let the lower officials come!" Wang Chonggu glanced at everyone, only he was the most suitable for this task, who made himself the chief soldier of Datong?

Shen Chongming nodded: "This official will lead the rest of the people to ambush in the south of Datong City, so that even if I answer that this move is really deceitful, it will not be without the power to parry!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Chonggu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, although Fang Cai did not have any expression on his face, but he was also faintly worried in his heart, once I really killed a horse gun, I only wanted to defend Datong with 10,000 horses, which was really a bit of a fool's dream.

made a plan, and everyone ate a few bites of dry and hard flatbread with the boiling water that had just boiled the pot with a bamboo tube, and then dragged their tired bodies to Zhenqiang Fort, which was less than a hundred miles away.

The Ming army's scouts were following the traces of the Mongol Tatars, and the scouts sent by Alta had been quietly watching the opponent's movements.

"Grandpa, the Ming army is going back to the army, is it wrong for us to judge!" Bahannaji frowned, worried all the way, but he didn't expect the Ming army to end up like this.

When he said this, I couldn't help but have some doubts in my heart, but after thinking about it carefully, I shook my head and said: "No, if the Ming army is really just playing tricks, then seeing that we are withdrawing our troops at this time, we should be in hot pursuit!" ”

"But grandpa, if this is not the case, then why are they in a hurry to withdraw their troops? If this battle was really Shen Chongming's business, he would not let go of such a good opportunity easily! ”

"It's freezing cold, marching on this prairie is extremely dangerous, presumably Shen Chongming is thinking about this!" I replied thoughtfully, but completely stood on Shen Chongming's side, and never wanted to believe that he didn't dare to let go, giving Shen Chongming a chance to take advantage of.

I replied that Qingshan would not let go, and Bahan Naji could only believe that this was the case, and asked, "Grandpa, then should we kill again!" ”

"Alas! Although the Ming army withdraws, it must be prepared, maybe some trap has been laid waiting for us to jump! I replied and shook his head, and ordered, "The army will rest for a while, and after filling its stomach, continue on its way!" ”

By mistake, Shen Chongming unknowingly picked up a big bargain. Although he knew that the Tartar soldiers were still rushing all the way to the north, they were still on the front line of the Great Wall for five days, and when they knew the news that the rebels were less than 400 miles away from Datong Mansion, they gathered their troops and horses and returned to Datong.

"The rebels are now occupying Pingxing Pass, if they continue to advance north, the nearest way is to go straight to Hunyuan Prefecture!" As the general soldier of Datong, Wang Chonggu is most familiar with the terrain of Shanxi.

"Is there any favorable terrain in this area for an ambush?" Shen Chongming touched his chin and asked.

"There are Heng Mountain near Hunyuan Prefecture, there are Lin Pass and Chaoling Pass, among which the terrain of Chaoling Pass is the most steep and complex, it has been a place where bandits have been entrenched since ancient times, Rao is the elite of the border army, and they have suffered a lot of defeats under them!"

It was not the landlord Wang Chonggu of Shanxi who spoke, but the second brother who had never spoken, which made everyone not show surprise.

It is said that although Brother Erdan didn't have the opportunity to go into battle in leather armor, he didn't bury his head in the army all day long, and when he had spare time, he would also take out the topographic map of Shen Chong's name and worship to study the battle.

After a few days and nights of boring thinking, Brother Erdan decided that the rebels would march into Datong from Hunyuan Prefecture, so he put a lot of effort into studying the terrain of the places where he came all the way, and because of this, Shen Chongming now had this question, and he naturally blurted out.

Seeing that everyone looked at Brother Erdan and didn't speak, Wang Chonggu on the side smiled and said: "What Master Ma said is good, Xia Guan thinks that if the adult wants to set up an ambush in this area, it is most suitable to choose Heng Mountain!" ”

"Tell me!" Shen Chongming was interested, the terrain of Chaoling Pass was steep and complicated, why did he want Heng Mountain?

"The terrain of Chaoling Pass is too complicated, presumably the rebels will take the initiative to avoid it after reconnaissance, so setting up an ambush here may be in vain, but Hengshan is just the opposite, although it is called a mountain, there is an official road leading to Datong Mansion through it!" Brother Erdan spoke again, and he was stunned to completely steal the limelight of Wang Chonggu, the landlord.