Text Volume 12, Chapter 1, Section 10 Erection of the monument to the south

In the early morning, the smoke over Daning City, which had been reduced to ruins, had not dispersed, and under the cold wind, it was swaying upwards and swaying from side to side in the air.

Outside Daning City, the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion who had been fighting all night were camping and resting, except for a few iron cavalry soldiers who were on alert, most of the rest of the iron cavalry soldiers had already fallen asleep and were seizing the time to recover their strength.

Wen Poyu also took a nap in the big tent of the Chinese army for a while, and then woke up and stretched, then walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, looking at the Daning City that had become ruins in the north, and sighed in his heart.

You must know that Daning City was originally the location of the Daning Command Department established in the 20th year of Hongwu, also known as the Northern Parallel Capital Division. Daning Dusi is not only a military stronghold set up by the Ming Dynasty in the desert, but also the place where King Ning was inducted, which shows the importance of the strategic location of Daning Dusi!

The panorama of the Daning Governor is outside the Xifeng Pass, which is the ancient Huizhou land, which is connected to Liaozuo in the east and Xuanfu in the west, and is an important town in the north of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty. Daning Dusi is plugged into more than 90 cities such as Kaipingwei and Quanningwei, and the soldiers will bring 80,000 armor and 6,000 military vehicles. Since the establishment of the Daning Governor, it has been the bridgehead of the Ming Dynasty according to the Mengyuan remnants and the desert, and the Mengyuan remnants above the desert are afraid of the military prestige of the Daning Governor, and they dare not go south all year round!

But the good times did not last long, when the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Beijing, he began to withdraw the feudal domain throughout the country, and the King of Ning, who was full of soldiers and food, was also removed, and the Daning Governor also moved to Baoding Mansion in the first year of Yongle. Since then, the Daning Dusi, which has been maintained for 12 years, has been abandoned, and some of the guards under its jurisdiction have been abolished, and some have been moved to the south of the Great Wall and assigned to Xuanfu Town and other nine-sided military towns.

Since then, the Daning Governor has never recovered, and the place has been occupied by various forces such as the Northern Yuan and Warat.

Wen Poyu slowly walked to the edge of the camp, looked at the ruins that were still smoking black, and said secretly in his heart: "The Daning Dusi is the hometown of my Daming, and today it is considered to be recovered by our army, the eldest brother will definitely go to the imperial court and suggest the reconstruction of the Daning Division, I don't know who the eldest brother will recommend to guard the rebuilt Daning Division." ”

At this time, a thought suddenly flashed in Wen Poyu's mind: "The eldest brother has indicated several times that he will talk about the rest of his life outside the Saiwai after this battle, should he want to personally sit in the Daning Governor's Division!" ”

Thinking of this, Wen Poyu's face showed a trace of bitterness and unwillingness, but when he thought of the fate of those ministers who had high achievements in history, Wen Poyu was relieved again, and said secretly in his heart: "Maybe this is the best destination for the eldest brother, and it may even be a back road left by the eldest brother for himself!" ”

"Enlighten the town! When the time has come for the army to march south, will the drums be beaten to gather the army? ”

At this time, a personal guard rushed over to ask for orders.

Wen Poyu took a deep breath and said, "Beat the drum!" All the army assembled! ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

In the roar of the war drums, in just half an hour, more than 40,000 soldiers of the Changshui Battalion completed the assembly, and the originally well-arranged camp was also cleaned up, and more than 40,000 iron cavalry soldiers lined up in the wilderness, and a killing atmosphere instantly spread, dwarfing the raging cold wind!

Wen Polu rode his horse to patrol the formation, and was just about to order the army to go south to Qingcheng, when he suddenly remembered something, and said to the generals such as Hua Tulong, the general of the A battalion next to him: "Wait a minute, today we will also learn from the sages, and set up a stone tablet on the ruins of this Daning City, and announce to heaven that the Daning Governor has been recovered by my Daming Wangshi!" ”

Hua Tulong, the general of the first battalion, Qin Zhen, the general of the second battalion, Wu Hang, the general of the third battalion, Shi Ke, the general of the Ding battalion, Wen Long, the general of the artillery battalion, and Shi Ke, the general of the baggage battalion, were all eager to try when they heard this, and they all followed behind Wen Poyu and stepped forward.

It is said that Wenchen has a good reputation, and he can ignore everything in order to do something that will go down in history. In fact, why don't martial artists have a good reputation?

Emulating Wei and Huo Feng Wolf Juxu is the ultimate dream of every Han warrior, and it is the majestic cause in the hearts of warriors that can be passed down for thousands of years!

Wen Poyu led everyone to ride back to the ruins of Daning City, and found a large stone bar that was two people high and one person wide in the ruins, which seemed to be a door bar for blocking the city gate.

Wen Poyu pointed to this big stone and said to everyone: "Just this stone, as for the content of the inscription, as far as this town is concerned, who can go up to the town?" ”

Shi Ke, the general of the baggage battalion, said loudly: "General Town! The last general will be a little bit of text, I'll come! ”

"Good!"

With the help of Hua Tulong, the general of the first battalion, Qin Zhen, the general of the second battalion, Wu Hang, the general of the Ding battalion, and Wen Long, the general of the artillery battalion, the big stone was erected and firmly inserted into the land.

Then, Shi Ke pulled out the war knife from his waist and stood in front of the big stone, looked at Wen Poyu and said, "Let's talk about it!" ”

Wen Poyu also turned over and dismounted, groaned slightly, and said: "Write like this: The homeland of the Han family, the governor of Daning." In the past, it was trapped in the dust, and now it is back in China. Hanwei Iron Cavalry, raise the prestige of our country. Slaughter the Tartars and cleanse the flesh. Hanhai Siyi, the offender died. Today's sacrifice to the heavens, Dawen Tiantian! ”

"Good!"

"The town is arrogant!"

Hua Tulong and the others were amazed when they heard this, and they praised it one after another.

And Shi Ke is also a knife walking dragon, splitting and cutting vertical and horizontal on the big stone, and soon engraved all what Wen Poyu said on it, the font is strong and powerful, and it looks like he has been practicing for a long time.

Everyone was amazed when they saw it, and Wen Poyu said with a smile: "Old Shixing! I really can't see that you still have the ability to do this? Look at your hand, it's no worse than those civil servants in the court! ”

Seeing that everyone praised himself, Shi Ke was also a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Haha! Everyone doesn't know that before I joined the army, I worked as a stonemason in my hometown, and lettering was my family's work. ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized.

After some conversation, Wen Poyu led the whole army to pay homage to the big stone monument, and then led the army to the south.

The Iron Cavalry army marched all the way south, and it only took two days to reach Qingcheng, which is more than two hundred miles south of Daning City. Before the 3,000 Mongolian iron cavalry stationed in Qingcheng could react, they were surrounded by more than 40,000 iron cavalry soldiers of the Changshui Battalion and turned into trapped beasts in a cage!

Wen Poyu looked at the sun that was already far west, and gave the order to the soldiers of all departments to attack the city: "It's not early, start attacking the city immediately, and the whole army will enter the city to rest tonight!" ”

At the sound of an order, more than 40,000 iron cavalry of the Changshui Battalion divided the soldiers into four routes and launched a fierce attack on the small Qingcheng. Wen Long, the general of the artillery battalion, lined up the thirty big Buddha cannons, and opened artillery bombardment outside the north gate of Qingcheng, and it only took a stick of incense to collapse the Beicheng Tower, and the North City Gate was also smashed by a cannon!

"Kill into the city!"

Hua Tulong, the general of the A battalion who was preparing to attack the city outside the city, roared when he saw this, and led more than 7,000 iron cavalry soldiers of the A battalion to rush in, and in less than half an hour, the 3,000 Mongolian iron cavalry in the city were slaughtered, and Qingcheng was completely captured.

Seeing that the army had entered the city, Wen Poyu smiled and led the soldiers of the baggage battalion into the city. At this time, the sky has not yet darkened, and the sky is still full of sunset!

Because the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion have attacked thousands of miles one after another during this time, and have fought three major battles and lost two cities in a row, the soldiers are already very tired. Therefore, Wen Poyu ordered the soldiers of the army to be stationed in Qingcheng for two days, so that the iron cavalry soldiers could recover their physical strength and energy.

However, on the second day, Wen Poyu received an urgent order from Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo. In the order, Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, ordered Wen Poyu to strictly seal the news that Daning City had been captured, and led the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion to rush south to the area of Baimachuan as soon as possible, and cooperated with Zhao Kaishan, the chief military officer of Guangning Town, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, to flank the main army of 200,000 foreign feudal Mongols in the south!

After Wen Poyu received this order, he also realized in his heart that this battle had reached a critical moment, and the battle of Baimachuan was related to the life and death of the 150,000 soldiers of the Ming army, and there must be no mistakes!

So, Wen Poyu ordered the whole army to set off on the same day, from Qingcheng all the way south, towards the Baima River, ready to rush thousands of miles to attack the Mongolian iron cavalry army again!

At the same time, the White Horse River.

The Baima River is a flat river in a radius of hundreds of miles, and there is no dangerous terrain, in the west is the Liuhe River flowing south and north, in the east is the Luan River flowing south, and in the middle is the empty and unimpeded Baima River.

Zhao Kaishan, the commander-in-chief of Guangning Town, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, each led their headquarters to camp and set up camp, and they were firmly stationed in the wilderness of Baimachuan to confront the 200,000 Mongolian iron cavalry army of the outer domain that went south.

At this time, Zhao Kaishan led the army to be stationed in the north, and Lu Xiangsheng led the army to be stationed in the south. Although the soldiers of the Ming army killed and injured many Mongolian iron cavalry in battle, after all, the Mongolian army was strong and occupied the advantage of the iron cavalry, so the Ming soldiers could not open the situation for a while, so they could only continue to confront each other.

In addition to 17 of them, 180,000 iron cavalry led the main army to settle down and confront the Ming army officers and soldiers, the Mongolian army also divided two leaders to lead 20,000 iron cavalry to patrol along the Luan River and Liuhe River. One is to prevent the Ming soldiers from taking the opportunity to retreat and escape, and the other is to prevent the possible arrival of Ming reinforcements.

The battle of Baimachuan has lasted for more than ten days, but neither side can easily gain an advantage, and the two sides can only consume each other, waiting for the opportunity to change the situation of the battle.

At this critical moment, a huge contradiction broke out between the nineteen leaders of the Outer Mongolian army!