The Hetao area where Zhang Fan attacked with the army is located north of the Great Wall, although it is still on the border of the Ming Dynasty, but it is already a scenery outside the fortress!

It's been a day, and Zhang Fan's two legs have long been no longer painful, or paralyzed! The heavy snow between the sky and the earth makes the world extraordinarily quiet, which makes people extremely cheerful. And Zhang Fan has seen this scenery for a long time, if it weren't for the existence of 5,000 soldiers around him, he often felt that he was alone in this world, and he was extremely lonely.

Zhang Fan actually doesn't have an overly heavy national complex, of course, that refers to five hundred years later. Although he also hated those robber countries that had invaded the motherland, when he was born, everything was a foregone conclusion, and under the general trend, it was not something that could be changed by one person's opinion. But when Zhang Fan returned to this era, he saw that it was indeed a naked plunder, although he did not experience it personally, but the refugees who swarmed him left a deep impression on him.

"What is Lord Bo thinking?" Liu joined the army's horse walking on the side and said, "It's only snowing on this day, and there is no strong wind, it's really rare!" ”

"I'm thinking about these Tartars." Zhang Fan said, "Although I live in this northern frontier, I have never seen a Tartar, nor have I been robbed by a Tartar. Although my mother once told me how cruel the Tartars were, I had also seen refugees displaced by the Tartars, and I had heard about Wang Degui's personal experience. I really wanted to exterminate the Tartars and make a contribution, but I never hated the Tartars so much that I hated them to the point of eating their flesh raw! ”

"I don't know how old the Lord Bo is this year?" General Liu asked.

"It's not as weak as the crown this year!" Zhang Fan replied.

"Hehe, that's no wonder!" General Liu said with a smile, "It has been exactly twenty years since the Tartars went south to raid the country, and it was the one that Degui encountered. After that, the imperial court vigorously strengthened the defense of the north, and the Tartar army could not cross the Great Wall, only some small intrusions, coupled with the fierce internal fighting in the Tartar court, there was no time to invade the south, and it was normal for the lord Bo not to see it. ”

"Oh? Tartar internal struggles? I've heard this before, but I don't know how! Zhang Fan was very interested in this matter.

"Hehe, then I'll talk to the Lord Bo and listen!" General Liu seemed to be happy to be able to tell a scholar what he didn't know, "In the first year of Emperor Taizu, Emperor Yuan Shun abandoned the capital and fled north, and died in Yingchang two years later. After that, the internal struggle of the Tartars became more and more fierce, and several generations of Great Khans died in rebellions, and the power fell into the hands of the kings with soldiers and generals, the details of which I cannot remember. In the sixteenth year of Chenghua, the second little prince put Bald Meng Ke on the throne, called Dayan Khan, he can be regarded as having some deeds, unified the Tatar tribes, and the power of the Khan was also greatly strengthened. It was not until the twelfth year of Zhengde that the bald man died, and the Tatars began to split again, among which Tumut Wanhu Altan controlled 30,000 households on the right wing, called himself Situ Khan, and fought against the successor of Dayan Khan, forcing the Khan to move east to Yizhou. Now the eight achievements we are going to attack are the army of Alta! ”

"It turns out that there is such a story, but I haven't heard it before." Zhang Fan said, "In this way, this must be the control of the real power of the Tatars, so they dare to send a large army to attack." ”

"I think so, but there are a few of those wild men who are like drinking blood and are willing to obey others. Now that Altan is in power, he must be powerful, and if we crush his attack, Alta will inevitably be condemned by the other Tatar nobles. If we can annihilate the Tartar armies that have broken through to the south of the Great Wall, I am afraid that we will also start to take care of our own forces in the Tatars, and I think there will be no time to invade south! General Liu said.

"Speaking of our mission, what specific direction does General Liu have?" Zhang Fan asked, "This Hetao Plain is not big, but it is not small. Thinking that the Tartars invaded the main tent in the south, the main tent at any time, at most, there would not be more than 10,000 people, how could it be easy to find this ice and snow? ”

"This is also difficult, but I used to attack with Lord Wang, and I am familiar with this Hetao area, and I know that there is only one place where I can still camp at this time." General Liu also frowned, "I have sent scouts from all directions, and at the end of the day, let alone the main account of the Tartars, I haven't seen even a single figure." ”

"Maybe we're too close! A little further afield you may be able to find out. Zhang Fan said.

"Now it seems that this is the only way to go." General Liu said.

"Report the ......" The two were talking, and a shout interrupted their thoughts, only to see a scout-like soldier beating his horse towards General Liu. General Zhou also came over to listen to the scout's report.

"See the two generals, Lord Bo." The scout saluted the three of them first, slowed down, and said, "I found a small march of Tartars in front, about 100 people, as if they were patrolling!" ”

"What are those Tartars equipped and in what direction?" General Liu asked hurriedly.

"Those Tartars are riding horses, this snowy weather, the whole world is white, I am afraid that I have exposed my whereabouts, and I have not caught too close." The scout pointed to his brown clothes and said, "But depending on the direction and speed of their travel, they are still two hours away from meeting our army!" ”

"General Zhou, what do you say?" After listening to the scout report, Liu Jinquan turned his face to ask Zhou Biao.

"There are more than 100 people patrolling the Tartars, and this is also my Ming territory, presumably for the Tartar lord's tent to guard!" Zhou Biao analyzed.

"Yes, that's what I thought." Liu Jinquan said, and said to the scout, "You continue to monitor those Tartars, you must not expose yourself, and report any situation immediately." ”

"No!" The scout answered, and rode away.

"Go and give the order to the scouts who are out there to continue, and report to me if they find anything." General Liu said to a small school next to him, and the small school also took the order.

"What are you going to do?" Although Zhou Biao is in the same position as Liu Jinquan, he is much younger and is the deputy of this operation, so it is not an exaggeration to call Liu Jinquan an adult.

"Of course, we must annihilate all these 100 people." Liu Jinquan said categorically, "If they discover the whereabouts of our army and report it to the Tartar tent, they will not only ruin this surprise attack, but also take the lives of 5,000 of our army." ”

"Please give me orders." When Zhou Biao heard that there was a battle to be fought, he was also excited.

"Zhou Biao, you lead two hundred cavalry, go around behind them, and don't let one person or one horse go back." Liu Jinquan said.

"No!" Zhou Biao took the order and left.

Liu Jinquan summoned three of his subordinates and ordered: "Wang Xing, Zhao Rui, you two each lead a hundred men and horses to ambush or so, Liu Yong, you lead two hundred cavalry to attack head-on." Liu Yong moved head-on, and the two of you had to attack from both sides to form an encirclement. Kill me hard, and I can't let anyone go. ”

"No!" The three of them agreed, and they were really about to greet the people, but Liu Jinquan stopped them again and said, "Catch me a few alive, I have something to ask." ”

Watching the three of them leave and mobilize the army, Zhang Fan said to Liu Jinquan: "General Liu ......"

"Don't worry, there are only more than 100 Tartars this time, and I sent these many people to go, but I also want to be foolproof, and Lord Bo doesn't have to be filtered." Liu Jinquan thought that Zhang Fan was worried about something, "After the war, the master Bo will go and count again." ”

How do you know that Zhang Fan said: "General Liu misunderstood, I want to ...... I wanted to see it for myself. ”

Liu Jinquan listened to Zhang Fan's words, looked at the expression on Zhang Fan's face, and said for a while: "The master is from a high background, and he doesn't know anything about swordsmen, so why risk his life?" Lord Wang wants me to take care of you, the swords and soldiers on the battlefield have no eyes, in case there is a good one, how can I explain to the lord! ”

"General Liu, sooner or later, I will have to see such a scene." Zhang Fan said, "Instead of panicking when you see the Tartar army in the future, it is better to have a battle of only more than 100 people this time, so that you can get used to it." ”

"Okay!" Liu Jinquan thought for a while and said, "It's okay to save trouble in the future." He found Wang Degui again and said: "Degui, I will now promote you to the general flag, you lead a banner of men and horses to protect Zhang Zhubo, you must not let Zhang Zhubo hurt a little, otherwise you will ask." Also, don't rush up as soon as Lao Tzu's mind is hot, listen to the orders of the master. ”

"No!" Wang Degui thought that he was going to go into battle to kill the enemy, and he was excited, but he was a guard. However, after all, he was promoted, and he was also happy, and Ying Nuo's voice was much higher.

"This general is here to supervise the army, in case something changes." Liu Jinquan said.

Zhang Fan followed the fifty people led by Wang Degui, and his heart was surging, and he was excited to think that he was about to see a military operation that spanned five hundred years. It's just that at this time, he doesn't know what the road ahead is like and what kind of scene he will encounter!