Chapter 479: The Battle of Yingzhou (Part II)

The little Tatar prince was frightened by Wang Xun's initiative to fight, and couldn't guess whether it was because the Ming army was too strong, or because the Ming army had already set a trap? For a while, I didn't know whether to attack or defend.

However, Wang Xun on the other side knew his own situation, and he was also a general who was old in the military, and when he saw the steppe people on the opposite side hesitating, he was also overjoyed at the moment, and immediately ordered the army to charge, and he also rushed and beat regardless of casualties.

As a result, the little prince of Tatar saw that the Ming army that rushed over was so brave, and he was startled again, thinking that the Ming army was really several times stronger than before, so he had the courage to take the initiative to charge, which made the little prince of Tatar not dare to fight hard with the Ming army, but let his army arrange a defensive formation, and the Ming army started an offensive and defensive battle in a decent manner, but they used to attack the Ming defense, but this time it was completely reversed.

People with a little military common sense know that the cavalry is good at attacking but not good at defending, and now the little prince of Tatar gives up his strengths and lets the soldiers defend, which is naturally a bit of a loss, plus the army of the Ming Dynasty has a lot of firearms, artillery and muskets are fired at the salvo, and the grassland cavalry has suffered a lot of casualties, but the army of the Ming Dynasty is still a little different from the grassland cavalry in terms of overall quality, so after the grassland cavalry adapted to the tactics of the Ming Dynasty, it quickly regained its disadvantage, and the two sides attacked and defended under the city of Yingzhou, but also fought well, In the end, it took a whole day, and no one could help anyone.

At the beginning, the little prince of Tatar was startled by the fierce beating of the Ming army and the sharp firearms, but after a whole day of fighting, the little prince of Tatar suddenly found that he had been fooled. The Ming army in front of him is not the elite of the Ming Dynasty at all. Although the combat effectiveness is a little stronger than before. But that is also by the advantage of firearms, and in terms of numbers is also less than his own side, if he had ordered the cavalry to charge at the beginning, I am afraid that he should have celebrated in Yingzhou City a long time ago.

Although the little Tatar prince knew that he had been deceived, it was already dusk, and the two armies were already in a state of stalemate, so it was not easy to separate, let alone let the cavalry charge. So in this case, the little prince of Tatar could only rely on his own people to surround Wang Xun's army, but at this time it was already dark, and most of the steppe people had nocturnal disease, so they didn't dare to fight at night, so they could only suspend the attack, planning to avenge today's revenge at dawn tomorrow.

Speaking of God, God bless Daming, after Wang Xun was surrounded, although he wanted to break through at night. It's a pity that the steppe people are also very tightly defended, even if they are affected by the night sickness. Wang Xun still couldn't rush out. However, just when Wang Xun felt desperate, there was a turn for the better in the early hours of the morning, and a heavy fog suddenly rose between the sky and the earth, and he could no longer see what was in front of him after more than a zhang.

Seeing this fog, Wang Xun also shouted "God help me", and then led the army to rush into the army of the grassland people, but the fog did not argue with the enemy, the grassland people could not even find the generals, and finally let Wang Xun rush out, although the Ming army also had many people scattered in the fog, but at least most of the people rushed out.

After this battle, both the Ming and the Mongols suffered a lot of losses, especially when Wang Xun and they rushed out of the fog, because both sides were like blind people, and often encountered large groups of troops falling into most of the people, and even one of the Mongols actually followed Wang Xun's army into the Ming military camp, and the end was extremely miserable. It is precisely because of this that although the early morning confrontation lasted a lot, the casualties were very large, and finally after the rule, the Ming army lost more than 3,000 people, and the Mongols were about the same, and the Ming army took advantage.

The casualties of 3,000 people are already a great loss for Wang Xun, and he did not suffer a loss in the battle yesterday, it can be said that he has perfectly completed the task assigned by Zhengde, and then he only needs to take advantage of the camp to confront the little Tatar prince, and then wait for the arrival of reinforcements, when the Mongols will naturally retreat.

But Wang Xun still underestimated Zhengde, just a few days after he and the little prince of Tatar confronted him, he suddenly received an order from Zhengde again, this time he was still ordered to take the initiative, but this time Zhengde still had a little conscience, he told Wang Xun that he had mobilized the surrounding Xuanfu, Liaodong and other border troops to support, and would rush to Yingzhou immediately, so Wang Xun only needed to rest assured and boldly fight with the little prince of Tatar, as long as the reinforcements arrived, he could even annihilate the Mongolian cavalry.

After all, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, God knows when those reinforcements will arrive, in case they go to war, those reinforcements are delayed on the road, and when their side is dead, and people are coming, so they can only collect their own bodies.

But it's still that sentence, the king's order is difficult to disobey, not to mention that it is still on the battlefield, Zhengde has added a general to himself, so the order he issued is a real military order, if Wang Xun disobeys the order, then Zhengde cut him and absolutely no one dares to say anything.

In desperation, Wang Xun could only take the initiative again. It is also very interesting to say, the little prince of Tartary suffered a small loss last time, but let Wang Xun escape from the siege, which made him almost blow up his lungs, and finally after a few days of recuperation, he was about to rush across Wang Xun's military camp with cavalry in one fell swoop, but he never expected that Wang Xun took the initiative to take it out of the military camp again, this completely unruly style of play made the little prince of Tatar also scratch his head, and even almost suffered again.

However, as the so-called can not be repeated, last time Wang Xun surprised the little prince of Tatar by surprise, although this initiative also surprised the little prince of Tatar, but he quickly reacted, and now commanded his cavalry to charge in sections, and as a result, Wang Xun's army was quickly rushed into several sections and surrounded again.

Although Wang Xun is also a good general, but the Datong army in his hands is not as elite as the grassland cavalry, and he is not superior in numbers, so he can only watch his troops being divided and surrounded, and finally even he himself is surrounded by the grassland people, no matter how he rushes to kill, in the end he still can't escape the fast horse of the grassland people, and what's worse is that the soldiers around him are getting fewer and fewer, and it is estimated that he can't support it for too long.

Seeing the brothers around him die one by one, the reinforcements promised by His Majesty the Emperor in the order have not yet been traced, which makes Wang Xun also angry and angry, although he does not dare to scold Zhengde, but in fact, he has already scolded the unreliable emperor in his heart, but soon he has no time to scold, because he, the chief soldier, is also going into battle to kill the enemy in person, and the house slaves around him are no longer enough to protect his safety.

However, Wang Xun is worthy of being a good general, even in this desperate situation, he still insisted on not surrendering, and even led his own soldiers to kill several encirclements, gathered some of the Datong soldiers who were divided, and finally let him hold on for a day and a night, until the next morning, the little prince of Tatar ordered a fierce attack again, this time Wang Xun really couldn't hold on, and the whole army was about to collapse, and if the army collapsed on the battlefield, then a cruel massacre followed, Because an unorganized army is actually about the same as ordinary people.

It was at this critical moment that our wise and martial Emperor Zhengde finally arrived with a large number of reinforcements on a bloody horse, stepping on colorful clouds. And Zhengde also saw at a glance that Wang Xun was about to be defeated, and without any delay at the moment, he immediately ordered reinforcements to attack, and he also took the lead and rushed to kill with the army.

Wang Xun, who was already holding the will to die, saw the reinforcements coming towards the rising sun, his eyes were hot at that time, and he almost cried excitedly, especially when he saw that His Majesty the Emperor in armor actually led the troops to kill him, he was also shocked, and shouted "Reinforcements are coming" at the moment, while reorganizing the army, desperately pestering the Mongols to prevent them from retreating.

The little prince of Tatar did not know that the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty were personally led by Emperor Zhengde, and he did not even know that Emperor Zhengde was not in the capital, but came to the border army. But none of this is important to him, after he fought with Wang Xun for a day and a night, his cavalry has lost its sharpness, and then he encountered the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty, although it seems that there are only more than 20,000 people, but it is enough to decide the victory or defeat of the battlefield.

The little Tatar prince was also a very decisive man, and seeing that the situation on the battlefield was not in his favor, he immediately ordered the entire army to retreat. Speaking of which, the army of the little prince of Tatar is all cavalry, which can be said to come and go like the wind, so Zhengde's reinforcements only fought with the steppe cavalry for a few times, but found that the other party had withdrawn for several miles, and they couldn't catch up if they wanted to.

However, the little prince of Tatar is not an easy person to give up, although he temporarily retreated, but did not withdraw far, after a night's rest, the little prince of Tatar again led the army to the city of Yingzhou, ready to fight to the death with the Ming army, after all, yesterday Wang Xun's army has been beaten by himself half crippled, although a group of reinforcements came, but only more than 20,000 people, if he fights to the death, may not be without the certainty of victory.

For the little prince of Tatar who killed again, Zhengde has also been prepared, after he saved Wang Xun's Datong army yesterday, he immediately ordered the other party to reorganize the army, and at the same time personally rewarded the three armies with wine, Datong Army did not expect that this time it was His Majesty the Emperor who came in person, and also brought reinforcements and wine and meat, which made them also morale shocked, after all, in this era, the emperor's personal expedition to the army's morale is very huge, and can even affect the outcome of a war, so although the Datong army was beaten very badly, But after Zhengde's encouragement, the morale was restored again the next day, and they were all ready to be disgraced, and Zhengde would also usher in his first battle on the battlefield. (To be continued......)