Chapter 263: Straight to the Yellow Dragon

The specific reason is that Juniper was greedy for merit and did not enter the army at the agreed time, and arrived at Sarhu three days in advance, but was caught by Nurhachi and made a time difference, thus sending a wave of annihilation.

As for Mr. Nurhachi's remark, which is widely praised by historians and is said to best prove his military genius - "I will go all the way if I come by a few routes." "In the final analysis, it is also bragging, whoever wins will also brag, and it is not surprising to find some literati to make up some classic bridges to create gods.

After Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the world, didn't he also arrange Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng? "Friendship and ambition, Shicheng is small, Zhijiao is good at life, and there is no long-term plan for small." Hit Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng first, and he will definitely not support him, because we Zhu have already decided that he is a man with a small eye, and if we hit Zhang Shicheng first, Chen Youliang will definitely come to the country, because as soon as he pouts his ass, we Zhu will know what shit he is going to pull, so we must beat Chen Youliang first, thus laying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

What a clever calculation, just like a fairy, seeing thousands of miles, discerning everything, and touching the tempers of two people who have never met before, and being able to foresee the future, it is precisely because I don't know which shameless royal literati made up this bridge for Lao Zhu, which pushed him high on the altar, and made people believe in it for hundreds of years, and believe in the five bodies, without doubt.

In fact, as mentioned earlier, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang can succeed is by means of a steady style of situation, he basically does not take risks, and his classic remarks obviously have a great element of risk-taking, just based on the character analysis of Zhang Shicheng, it is too unreliable to conclude that he will not beat himself, not to mention whether his character analysis is right, even if it is right, it is unreliable, because people's hearts are the most unpredictable, the most changing all the time, he doesn't want to hit you today, maybe tomorrow he will figure out how to raise troops to attack, then aren't you finished?

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was at ease with Zhang Shicheng was because he knew that Zhang Shicheng would not come to beat him, not because of his character, but because of the actual situation. First of all, he sent Xu Da, Tang He and others to block all the waterway points bordering Zhang Shicheng and himself, creating a layer of copper wall to guard against Zhang Shicheng.

Secondly, Zhang Shicheng didn't think about beating him, at that time Liu Futong had just been defeated, and the land he occupied in Shandong and Henan had basically become a borderless land, and these places bordered Zhang Shicheng. Zhang Shicheng is full of food and puts the land he picked up for nothing, so he has to gnaw on Zhu Yuanzhang's hard bones?

If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang's shit luck and killing Chen Youliang with an arrow in Poyang Lake, and then quickly annexing his army territory, his strength increased greatly, and Zhang Shicheng was left far behind, if he and Chen Youliang fought for a few more years, and waited until the end of the two defeats, so that Zhang Shicheng could sit calmly in the past few years, it would be really hard to say who the world would be in the world at that time.

It's all fate! Zhu Yuanzhang can be the most legendary emperor in history, in addition to his own ability, luck is also a very important factor, it must be the ancestors who have accumulated great virtue, so when you are idle, you should do more good deeds, accumulate virtue for yourself and your descendants, and when you accumulate to a certain extent and turn into huge karma, you will change the fate of yourself and your family.

Even after a hundred eons, the karma you have done will not die, and when karma meets, the retribution will be retributed. All laws are empty, and cause and effect are not empty. Remember, remember. There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south.

Qu Neng was dressed in a military uniform, and when he said goodbye to Fan Chaoxi, he was full of spirit, and the blood in his heart was boiling, turning his dark face red, and said: "Old Fan, it's finally our brother's turn to make a move, this time we will follow the plan formulated by the king." I will attack from the east, and I will attack the source of the Zabhan River, and drive them westward, and you will attack from the west, and wait to catch the old boy Mahamu. ”

"Hahaha." Fan Chaoxi also laughed happily, since the last time he fought the Uighurs, he had never fought a war, and he had really suffocated Lao Tzu in the past few years, and shouted loudly: "Then it is decided, but I have to tell you that I am going to settle the head of Mahamu." I'm counting him as a marquis like you. ”

"Then it's up to you, drive!" Qu Neng shouted, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and he left the place with a gust of wind, rushing towards his own 50,000 elite cavalry, he wanted to take them to the Yongqing Desert and establish immortal feats.

"Then we'll see, let's go!" Fan Chaoxi also urged the horse to leave, and took his guards to find his own troops, he was also a person who did not admit defeat, and thought that he was no worse than Qu Neng, last time it was this kid's luck that cut off the grain route of the Uighur army, and mixed up with the treatment of a feudal prince, this time he had to move this point back.

In the winter of the thirtieth year of Hongwu, the weather in the northwest is no longer enough to describe it as cold, the west wind is fierce, blowing as if people's skin is about to crack, take a breath, feel that your lungs are going to be frozen.

However, the blood of every Ming soldier is hot and boiling, because they know that the era that belongs to them has finally come again.

Qu Neng rode a war horse, running in front of the 50,000 Ming army iron horsemen, the red tassels on his head and the beard on his mouth were constantly fluttering in the wind, but he couldn't hide his unconcealable excitement, and shouted: "Rabbit cubs, do you know why this horse of mine can't stop?" Because it knows that the time has come to make meritorious contributions. In the past few years, we have been engaged in construction, and we have not fought a single big battle, and people are about to forget about us. Today is the time for you to prove yourself! This time, we are going to travel 1,200 miles to destroy Mahamu's lair in one fell swoop. I'm going to make meritorious contributions, and if you are willing to make meritorious contributions with me, just follow them, and if you can't keep up, don't follow, go home and pick up your children. ”

After that, he said "driving", his legs clamped the horse's belly, the prancing horse raised his gun, galloped north, and gradually disappeared into the endless desert.

"Follow the general and serve the king!" The 50,000 Ming army immediately let out a tsunami-like shout, and then separately urged the battle under their crotches, like a gust of wind, followed Qu Neng and galloped north.

In the cold winter, the northwest is already extremely cold, plus people gallop on war horses, and the cold wind like a knife blows head-on, how uncomfortable it is to be uncomfortable, although all the Ming troops are coated with antifreeze, but they know that according to this speed in the cold wind galloping for 1,200 miles, even if there is a good antifreeze, it will freeze the body.

But none of them chose to retreat, except for the military law, that is, out of the dignity of their Ming soldiers and the dignity of men, they want to use their practical actions to tell everyone in this world that they are the strongest men in the world, and they will definitely step on all the stumbling blocks under their feet.

The army galloped more than 800 miles day and night, and came to a small tribe in Warat, such a large-scale long-distance attack, secrecy is naturally the most important job, so under Qu Neng's acquiescence, the 50,000 Ming army did not have the slightest mercy, and killed all the men in this tribe.

They took away all their horses, camels and other means of transportation, leaving only the women and some daily necessities. In this way, this tribe has become a natural cage, without livestock, these women can not go anywhere, can only rely on these poor living materials here obediently wait, waiting for the Ming army to return from victory, and then pack them away as trophies, and then become the playthings and slaves of the Ming army.

When the Mongols conquered the world, they did a lot of such things, and this time it was their turn, which is called retribution in the obvious.

A Ming army colonel wiped the blood from his knife, took out a bag of his favorite beef jerky from the corpse he had just killed, put it in his mouth and chewed it twice, it tasted good.

The junior colonel nodded with great satisfaction, walked up to Qu Neng with a smile, gave a military salute, and said, "General Qiqi, everything has been dealt with." ”

Qu Neng carefully looked around at the bloody environment around him, his brows were furrowed, he was extremely serious, not that he was compassionate, he was a military general, he had fought all his life, and he had long been numb to such things as dead people, but out of his natural prudence and prudence in the use of soldiers, he had to re-examine the battlefield, for fear that there would be any mistakes, and after making sure that there was no problem, he asked with a calm face: "How many people are keeping up?" ”

The little colonel gave a salute on the horse and said, "All fifty thousand!" ”

"Hahaha!" Qu Neng rode on the horse and laughed wildly, shouting: "It's all good, rabbit cubs, let's go with this general to make a meritorious contribution, go straight to the royal court, and those who dismount along the way, behead!" ”

Then, with another "ride", he rode his tall horse and galloped away in the direction of the Zabkhan River.

"Drive!" "Drive!" The 50,000 Ming troops collected a little of the booty, and then galloped away with Qu Neng towards the location of Mahamu.

After several years of dismal management, the horse administration of Su has achieved brilliant results, and the military horse farm represented by the Shandan Military Horse Farm has produced a large number of horses for Su Wang Zhu Ao, and the number is not inferior to the ethnic minorities in the north.

Therefore, these 100,000 Ming troops are equipped with two horses, and when one horse is tired of running, it can be replaced with another horse immediately, which is very efficient, and can basically run without interruption.

On the way, Qu Neng and the others encountered Mahamu's scouts, and under his command, the Ming army captured them all cleanly and ordered them to lead the way.

Under the leadership of the Warat scouts, Qu Neng arrived near the Great Tent of Mahamu on an early morning in the 30th year of Hongwu.

It seems that God helped me on this day, and God fell into a big fog, which made the actions of the Ming army more hidden.

"General, there is our Khan's tent." One of the Warat scouts cringed.

Qu Neng's blood has long been boiling, running thousands of miles, sealing the wolf Juxu, Yongqing desert, is the highest honor of the general, he never thought that he could catch up with this historic moment, he thanked fate, but also thanks to the king, he decided to hold this opportunity firmly in his hands, and said to Yuan Datong, the commander who had made a mistake that year: "You take a thousand people as the vanguard, attack their camp gate, after the breakthrough, sound the flute as a trumpet, and I will lead the army to assault." ”

This is an opportunity to make immortal contributions, Yuan Datong has been in this position of commander for a long time, and he has also made some contributions after the last war against the Uighurs, but because of the mistakes he made before, the merits and demerits are offset by the merits, and he is not criticized or commended, and he is still allowed to continue to serve as his commander, which is several years. Seeing that his previous brothers at the same level had been promoted because of meritorious service, how could he not be envious and angry in his heart? I had already held back my strength, and shouted loudly: "The last general takes orders!" General, don't worry, the last general will definitely take the head of Mahamu this time! ”

"Less nonsense! Just go! Qu Neng kept a straight face and shouted loudly, time is urgent, he doesn't have the time to listen to Yuan Datong's statement here, and urged with a serious face.

"The last general obeys!" Yuan Datong gave a military salute to Qu Neng, and then ordered a thousand elite soldiers and quietly marched towards Mahamu's big tent. When Lan Yu and Wang Bi raided the fishing sea, the great achievements of destroying the Northern Yuan Dynasty made every Ming military general fascinated, although Lan Yu and Wang Bi's final ending was very miserable, but this did not affect their worship of these two people at all, life is only a few decades in the world, as long as it can be famous in history, even if it is on the guillotine, why not?

As luck would have it, the fog obscured the Ming army, and they quietly approached Mahamu's tent like a grim reaper.

To be honest, the Ming army was mobilizing on such a large scale at the beginning, he could not have heard of it, but he thought that if the Ming army wanted to attack the desert, the preparation and transportation of grain and grass were very difficult problems, and it was impossible to complete it in a short time.

Therefore, he thought that it was impossible for the Ming army to fight in a short time, at least not for the next two days, in fact, he was already ready to move, he thought that he could not compete with Su Guo with his current military strength, and after discussing it with his wife, he decided to run away.

In the past two days, his tribe has been packing up their things, and in two more days they will pack up, and they will run away, intending to let the Ming army mobilize the crowd and pounce on it, but he never expected that with the help of portable military rations such as canned food, the Ming army has completely solved the problem of transporting grain, and was able to quickly approach his big tent at a speed that he could not foresee.

"Whew, whew." Mahamu was still dozing off, and he was in high spirits with his wife and son last night, and he had been fighting for a long time, and his physical strength was a little unable to keep up, so he was sleeping heavily until now, and he did not feel the danger approaching at all.

The soldiers standing guard outside the Mahamu camp are also very happy, standing guard is the most annoying, everyone else is sleeping with their wives and children in their arms, but they are freezing here, not to mention such a cold day, who can resist it?

They didn't think that the Ming army could fight at this time, so their vigilance was very poor, and some people even began to doze off with their weapons.

Suddenly, a Warat soldier who was not asleep accidentally saw something black coming from the south of the camp, what the hell? Whose flock came here?

After a while, he woke up from a dream, and found that it was not a flock of sheep at all, and immediately he was so frightened that he struck a spirit, tore his throat, and prepared to shout: "There are enemy troops!" Unexpectedly, before he could say anything, he was shot into a hedgehog by a row of sharp arrows flying from the south.

As soon as the rain of arrows of the Ming army came, they shot down a lot of enemy soldiers, and at this time, even if the soldiers of Wara were stupid, they knew that the comers were not good, and they all took up arms to resist, while shouting loudly: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

In the fog, it was impossible to see who the other party was, and the soldiers of Warat didn't care so much, and they took out arrows one after another to shoot at the opposite side.

It's just that their row of arrows has had little effect. Because, after so many years of development and accumulation, Zhu Ao has obtained a large number of armor by means of independent manufacturing and purchase from others, plus the armor given by Lao Zhu before, it can already achieve 100% armor wearing rate.

In front of the heavy armor of the Ming army, the arrows of the Wara soldiers seemed so weak and powerless, and several of the Ming soldiers were full of arrows, and they were shot like hedgehogs, and they still charged forward, because those arrows did not penetrate their armor at all, and they did not hurt their bodies.

"Hurry up! Don't rub it off! Knock their doors open! Yuan Datong had already taken the lead, riding on his horse, shouting loudly and directing his soldiers to bang on the door.

The 1,000 Ming troops who were selected as the vanguard are the elite of the elite, whether it is the training received or the actual combat experience is first-class, there is no need for Yuan Datong to command, everyone knows that the gate is the key to this battle, seeing that the target is in front of him, his blood has already boiled, as if he wants to burn this cold wind.

The row of Ming soldiers who rushed to the front turned off their horses, took out the big axes on their saddles, rushed to the camp gate of Wara, and slashed the camp gate with all their might.

The Warat army was terrified, if this gate was breached by the enemy, there would be no need to fight, and when the enemy army outside rushed in, they would only be taken prisoner or killed.

Therefore, they tried their best to guard the gate. Seeing this, a commander of Warat who was standing at the gate and commanding jumped to his feet, brandished his sword, and shouted: "Quickly release the arrows, shoot their swords and axes!" ”

Several Warat soldiers took out arrows and shot at the Ming army's sword and axe hands, however, a few of them had just opened their bows before they were shot down by the oncoming arrows of the Ming army. As soon as the hand shook, the arrow lost its head, and it did not know where it had gone.

However, there are still a few sharp arrows shot at the sword and axe hand of the Ming army, a knife and axe hand of the Ming army is unlucky, the part of the neck without armor was hit by the arrow, and he fell in a pool of blood, a pair of hands still tightly holding the big axe, his eyes were full of unwillingness, he also counted on cutting off a few more heads in this battle, and made military achievements in exchange for a knighthood, but he didn't expect to die here.

Seeing this, a Ming soldier behind him immediately filled his position, swung a big axe, and slashed the wood on the gate of the Wara camp with great effort.

"Quick! Pikemen, go stab them, are you all blind? "The commander of the Warat Army, who was in charge of guarding the camp gate, was also anxious, it was really unlucky, it was his turn to be on duty today, if the enemy broke through the gate, then his head would definitely not be able to be saved. As soon as he thought of his beautiful wife and concubine and the little slave girl, this thousand-captain had a straight liver ache, and he was really reluctant to die.

"Kill!" A platoon of pikemen in the Warat camp heard the shouts of the commander who was in charge of guarding the camp gate, and immediately understood the seriousness of the matter, held up their spears, shouted loudly and rushed towards the Ming army's sword and axe hands, thinking of stabbing the Ming army's sword and axe hands through the gaps in the wooden fence.

However, it was at this time that they heard several voices that made them despair. "Bang, bang, bang!" A few crisp sounds came from the positions of the Ming army, the sound of arquebuses!

After this period of preparation, the 200 arquebus soldiers of the Ming army's forward battalion completed a series of charges, aiming, ignition and other work, mounted on horses, and condescendingly shot weapons that they were proud of.

When he arrived, the pikemen of the Warat Army, who rushed to the front, were all put to the ground, and even their commander was not spared, a large hole was punched in his chest, and the blood did not stop, and he could not survive.

At this moment, the morale of the Warat soldiers guarding the camp gate was suddenly defeated, and they began to retreat one after another. Yuan Datong lost no time in ordering the army to attack, and the sword and axe hands of the Ming army finally clicked open the gate of the large camp after several hard slashes.

"Rush! Here's your chance to make a big contribution! Sound the flute and inform the general! Yuan Datong gave orders in a loud voice, slapped his horse and waved his sword, and as the first batch of soldiers rushed into the big tent of the Warat soldiers, regardless of men and women, they cut down anyone they saw.

Qu in the rear could hear Yuan Datong's flute in front of him, his eyebrows fluttered happily, and he shouted loudly: "Listen, listen!" Yuan Datong and they have already entered, hurry up, rabbit cubs, it's late, the credit is someone else's! ”

Say, "Drive!" With a bang, his legs clamped the horse's belly, the prancing horse raised his gun, and rushed over with his own personal guards. The 50,000 Ming troops behind him immediately followed him and rushed into the camp of Warat, and the opportunity to make great contributions came, and everyone rushed to the position of the Warat army desperately.

The secret and rapid march of the past few days has long suffocated them, and at this time there is finally no need to hide and tuck, and every Ming army has recklessly shouted its own slogans, and the feelings of killing, greed, and excitement have been unreservedly released.

At this time, Ma Hamu, who was still asleep, heard the commotion outside, and his heart was on fire, secretly scolding this group of ignorant little minions for disturbing his dreams, and just wanted to call someone in to ask what was going on, but he didn't want a small school to rush in in a panic, knelt on one knee, and stammered: "The greatest and incomparably wise master of the grassland in history......

", let me ask you what's going on out there?" The long title was given to him by Mahamu, and now that the situation was urgent, he was not in the mood to listen to the sycophants of his subordinates, so he yelled angrily.