Chapter 247: Fighting Wisdom
"If it's fast and slow. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Jiang Beiming thought for a while Xu Lang's words, "It's not impossible, let Lao Wang also exercise." ”
"Do you want Lao Wang to fight Lushun?" Han Wantao asked, "Lao Wang only has a total of 4 warships now, and Lushun can't beat it." ”
"No, Lao Wang won't go to Lushun this time." Jiang Beiming suddenly smiled too, "Go to a place that no one can imagine." ”
"Where no one could have imagined?" Han Wantao and Zhang Hai asked at the same time, "Where is that?" ”
"Beiming, your idea is very interesting." Xu Lang replied for Jiang Beiming, "Let's fight North Korea again." ”
"Still going to fight North Korea?" Zhang Hai couldn't help but laugh too, "Beiming, Xu Lang, is North Korea messing with the two of you, why is he so unlucky?" ”
"Tao Min?" Jiang Beiming silently said to himself, "Aren't you going to rob Mongolia with us, I let you not even have North Korea." ”
At the same time, in the palace of Shengjing City, Huang Taiji was talking with Tao Min.
"Great Khan, please forgive the servants, our Dajin has less than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and there are 20,000 in Lushun. This expedition can use up to 80,000 horses, so we must not divide our troops. ”
"Sir has always been like a god." Huang Taiji said, "This time, Mr. is strategizing, and Ben Khan also wants to hear Mr.'s high opinions." ”
"Return to the Great Khan." Tao Min stood up and saluted Huang Taiji, "The purpose of our expedition this time is now known to the entire Dajin, to subdue Mongolia before the Ming Dynasty." But does the Great Khan think that we will definitely be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty? ”
"What do you mean, sir?" Huang Taiji asked.
"Great Khan. According to the news from Beijing, the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Dynasty and the Yulin Army of Datong and Xuanfu were all in this expeditionary force. In other words, as long as the Ming court goes out, then his Gyeonggi area must be empty. ”
"Oh?" Huang Taiji's eyes lit up, "Then Mr. means let's go to Beijing?" ”
"The Great Khan Shengming." Tao Min sincerely admired Huang Taiji from the bottom of his heart, "This expedition of the Ming army is the idea of the remnants of the Song Dynasty in Yulin Bay, specifically it must be the idea of Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang. Although these two people do have some talents, but the shortcomings of the two of them are also very obvious, everything depends on strength, and they will never take risks, so we will not guard against dangerous moves. ”
"But I don't know how Mr. is going to take a dangerous move?"
"Great Khan, please look." Tao Min pointed to the topographic map of the entire East Asia hanging in the palace, "The main force of the Ming army and the Yulin army will definitely go out from Datong and attack Mongolia." And in order to contain our forces, their Dengzhou naval division will definitely attack Lushun again, or go to fight Korea. But the Great Khan didn't have to worry, there were only a few battleships of the Dengzhou Naval Division, and they were not capable of taking down Lushun and Korea at all, at most they would harass them. ”
"Great Khan look here again." Tao Min's finger pointed at Da Ankou, "The so-called soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent, but we must have a constant shape." This time, the minion personally followed the team, and everything did not change, and my Dajin warrior still entered the customs from Da'ankou and went straight to his Jingshi. This so-called method of encircling Wei to save Zhao, I think that Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang can't think of our purpose no matter how smart they are. ”
"But that's it." Huang Taiji was a little skeptical, "Isn't Mongolia going to fall to the Ming Dynasty?" ”
"The Great Khan has no need to worry." "Now Mongolia is still under the control of Lin Dan Khan, and Mongolia is so vast that it will take a lot of time for the Ming army to conquer Mongolia. And our Eight Banners warriors can rely on the cavalry to quickly surround his Beijing Division, and fight slowly with speed, and we will win the battle. ”
"And don't forget the Great Khan." Tao Min said again, "Daming is not as good as it was in the past. As the saying goes, if you go outside, you must first settle inside. Now Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang, and Zhang Xianzhong are in civil strife, and they have to go on an expedition to Mongolia in this case, which is really unknowing. ”
Huang Taiji asked in surprise, "Could it be that Mr. also knows their news?" ”
"Great Khan, knowing each other and knowing oneself, can not be defeated in a hundred battles."
"Okay." Huang Taiji got up from his chair, "Everything depends on Mr. ”
Tao Min fell to his knees again: "Great Khan, this matter needs to be kept very secret. The minions were dying, and he begged the Great Khan to grant the minions a secret decree, and after the army went out, the minions would read the secret edict and change the route of the march. ”
"What's so hard about that?" Huang Taiji said with a smile, "Everything depends on Mr., Ben Khan is with Mr. this time, and he will drive the expedition in person." ”
Jiang Beiming's plan for the march to be submitted to the Ministry of War was approved. With the Yulin Army in Xuanfu Town and Datong Town as the vanguard, a part of the troops and horses were dispatched from all over the country to join the Shenji Battalion in Beijing, a total of more than 30,000 people, claiming to be 200,000 troops, and marched into Mongolia. Lu Xiang, the governor of Yunyang, was promoted to the head of the military department and served as the commander-in-chief, and Wang Chengen personally served as the supervisor of the army.
Chen Yingyuan, the governor of Dengzhou, will attack Korea together with the Yulin Bay Fleet stationed in Dengzhou and the Daming Naval Division on Phi Island, hoping that this time North Korea will turn around again and return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the eight major Jin merchants and some other merchants raised a total of more than 400,000 taels of silver, and formed a militia group of about 3,000 people to follow the army.
Since the Battle of Salhu, the Ming army has been beaten almost everywhere, and this time it was the Ming army that took the initiative to attack, and it also used the Shenji Battalion. Emperor Chongzhen's young heart was stirred up again, and he entertained Lu Xiangsheng, Jiang Beiming, and Han Wantao at a banquet in the Heart Cultivation Palace.
Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao attended the banquet and returned to the teaching group.
"Beiming, Wan Tao, did you see Lu Xiangsheng?" As soon as the two of them returned to the teaching group, Xu Lang couldn't wait to ask.
"Of course I do." Han Wantao sighed, "What a man with all-round talents in civil and military affairs." ”
"It's a pity." Jiang Beiming sighed, "It's just that the death is too tragic." ”
"Beiming. That's the old days. Xu Lang smiled, "Follow us, he won't be able to die." ”
"Don't talk about him yet. Xu Lang, smoke a cigarette first. Han Wantao asked Xu Lang for a cigarette, "There are four of us here, who will go to Mongolia this time?" ”
"Wang Qianxiang and Zhou Lei are definitely going." Jiang Beiming said, "We'd better go to two and stay here for two." ”
"So be it." Zhang Hai suggested, "It's better for me and Xu Lang to go, and you two stay." ”
"Why should I stay?" Han Wantao was very unconvinced, "I will go with Xu Lang, and you and Beiming will stay." ”
"Alright, you all don't fight." Xu Lang interrupted the argument between the two of them, "Neither of you can deal with Lu Xiangsheng, so let's go with Beiming." We took Ye Zhan and 50 people with us, and left the rest of the teaching group to you. ”
People from all walks of life gathered in Beijing one after another, and in mid-May, 30,000 troops marched towards Datong.
The 2000 Yulin Army was already on standby in Datong Town, and when Lu Xiangsheng saw these Yulin Army soldiers for the first time, he couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart: "It is really a blessing for Daming to have such a mighty and majestic army." ”
Because all the Yulin armies of Datong and Xuanfu went out to fight this time, in order to prevent accidents, Fan Qiuming and Liu Jun also joined the expedition. Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang scraped together more than 500 war horses, and the dragoons of the Yulin Army were barely formed.
The army rested in Datong Town for a few days, gathered the militia groups of those Jin merchants, and went directly to the Mongolian steppe.
The Ming army set out from Datong and directly faced the Mongolian Tumut Department.
In history, after the death of Boshoketu Khan of the Tumut Department, Lin Dan Khan led the people to conquer the Tumut Ministry, after 1632, the Jin army conquered Chahar, Lindan Khan fled westward, Tangut moved to the city of Naturalization, and the son of Boshoketu Khan Ombu and his leaders Guluge, Hanggao, Tobok and other collectives surrendered. In 1635, Omubu rebelled against Houjin. Therefore, the current Ombu and Huang Taiji are also detached, and Jiang Beiming just wants to fight this idea, hoping to make Ombu return to the Ming Dynasty under the lure of military deterrence and interests.
It was about 500 miles from Datong Town to Guihua City, and the army walked for two days before it traveled less than 100 miles.
Jiang Beiming led the Yulin Army as the vanguard to walk in the forefront, and Fan Qiuming saw the prairie for the first time, and he was particularly excited, riding on a horse and constantly looking around.
"Tyumen, don't look at it." Xu Lang couldn't help but smile and said, "We came out this time to fight, not for you to travel." ”
"You can travel even if you fight." Fan Qiuming's interest was undiminished, and he suddenly chanted loudly, "The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep. ”
"How? Right? Fan Qiuming finished expressing his feelings, but saw Xu Lang bowing his head gloomily.
"What's wrong with you, why don't you speak?" Fan Qiuming asked, "You really don't cooperate with me." ”
"I also remembered a poem." Xu Lang raised his head and looked into the distance, "The sky is vast, the wilderness is vast, and on the mountain, the country is in mourning." ”
"On the mountain, the country has a martyr?" Fan Qiuming scratched his head, "Why haven't I heard it, who wrote it?" ”
"Hurry up, don't care who wrote it." Jiang Beiming, who was on the side, interrupted the conversation between the two people.
A scout rode back on his horse and saluted Jiang Beiming: "Report to the chief, a yurt has been found ahead." ”
"How many?" Jiang Beiming asked.
"Report sir, not much, about a dozen." The scout replied, "But they have a lot of cattle, sheep and horses." ”
"Got it, let's find out." Jiang Beiming said, turned his head to Xu Lang and Fan Qiuming and said, "There are Mongolians in front, what should we do?" ”
"What else can I do?" Fan Qiuming shouted, "There are only a dozen yurts, and they will be burned out in one fire, and we will have roast mutton to eat tonight." ”
"Don't think about your roast lamb just yet." Xu Lang said to Jiang Beiming, "Let's fence it first, don't fight if you can, let's attack the heart this time, and attack the city below." The Ming army behind hasn't followed yet, so let's inquire about the situation first. ”
"Okay." Jiang Beiming shouted, "Herald, order Zhou Lei to surround the yurt and let people shout to them." ”
Not long after the interpreter followed Zhou Lei's group, there was the sound of soldiers in front of him.
"Herald." Jiang Beiming was a little anxious, how could this be done, "Hurry up and see what the situation is." ”
Not long after, the herald ran back and reported: "Sir, the Mongols attacked our side first, and Commander Zhou had no choice but to order to shoot, and now all the yurts have been taken. ”
"Let's go, let's go and see first." Jiang Beiming shrugged helplessly at Xu Lang and Fan Qiuming.
Dozens of Mongolian women and children were held together, and the corpses of several Mongols lay on the ground.
Jiang Beiming frowned unconsciously: "Zhou Lei, is it all solved?" ”
"Report sir, it's all settled." Zhou Lei replied, "A total of more than 50 were arrested, and we have no casualties." ”
"Who's their head?"
"Report sir." Zhou Lei tilted his head, "I was killed." ”
Xu Lang patted Jiang Beiming: "Forget it, let's go over and ask first." ”
Jiang Beiming, Xu Lang and others got off their horses and walked in front of these Mongols.
Jiang Beiming looked at these people in front of him, beckoned to call the interpreter over: "You ask them, what tribe they are from." ”
The interpreter asked a few words, then turned around and Jiang Beiming said, "My lord, they said that they are from the Tumut Ministry. ”
"Ask them how many of them are there, and how many are there in the Naturalization City."
After a brief inquiry, the interpreter told Jiang Beiming that there were still about 150,000 people in the entire Tumut Department. But two years ago, Huang Taiji led a large army westward to attack Lin Dan Khan. In the face of the Houjin army, which was far superior to his own, Lin Dan Khan had no choice but to drive 100,000 people and animals across the Yellow River from Guihua City to flee westward. At present, the population of the naturalized city is less than 10,000. (To be continued.) )