"Taiji, how cunning the Ming people are, don't take them lightly?" In the old place of Tianchengwei in Datong Town on the west road, more than 20,000 Mongolian Tatar soldiers and horses converged with 1,500 Ming cavalry, camped on the left and right, and only used a small group of cavalry to plunder the place every day, but unfortunately the Qin army was very tightly guarded, and the Mongolian cavalry from all walks of life could not break through the city, could not break through the village, and the looting gained very little, so that the Taijihar Bala who led the troops had to find a way out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"It is precisely because the Ming people are cunning and the barbarians in the south are so brave that my Mongolian cavalry has been playing here for five days, otherwise, I would have led people south to take the head of their general." Harbara really didn't have any plans, in the Tiancheng Acropolis in front of him, there were two thousand cavalry of the Qin army, which was the Chen Mingquan Brigade of the Qin Army who had divided a force of men and horses out of the city to fight in the field before they arrived.

Within five days, nearly 1,500 corpses of Mongolian cavalry were lost, and the losses were very heavy.

"Taiji, we have to be careful to fight against the Qin army, how cunning the southern barbarians are, this time they only asked more than 1,000 people to escort 50,000 stone of grain, which can support 100,000 people to eat grain and grass for a year!" Agu Mulang, the commander of the Han Division, was very afraid of fighting the Qin army in his heart, after all, seeing that the other thousand troops had suffered so heavy losses, he was even more afraid of the Qin army.

"I don't agree, no matter how strong the Qin army is, they are still cowering in this city, they don't dare to come out to fight in the field at all, otherwise our scimitars and bows and arrows can easily take their lives, and now there are 50,000 stone military rations waiting for us to grab only two hundred miles away from us, if we don't go, wouldn't it be in vain for Changshengtian's hard work?" Ulan Bari, who was born in Mobei, has a very different view on this matter.

Because his troops fought relatively little with the Qin army, and looking at the Qin army that was cowering in the city and did not dare to come out, he was even more contemptuous, and he stubbornly believed that with his 1,000-strong army, he could defeat a larger number of Qin troops in the field, so he was not worried at all.

"They cowered in the city and did not dare to come out, because they were resourceful, and with 2,000 men, they held back 20,000 of our Mongol warriors, isn't this enough to prove their bravery?" Agumulang said angrily, in his eyes, Ulan Bari is blindly arrogant about his own strength,

"That's because our brave Mongol cavalry is not good at attacking strong cities, otherwise we would have rushed in and killed them all." Ulan Bari has not easily succumbed until now, he clamored to give the Qin army a good look, and even took the initiative to ask for orders to go south, "Taiji, don't hesitate, if you don't want to go, I am willing to lead people south to attack that grain team, as long as we get the military rations, we can relieve the pressure of winter,"

He was afraid that Halbara would not make a decision, so he even raised the banner of Lin Dan Khan, "The Great Khan fought for three thousand miles all the way from Hetao to Chahar for our pasture, but we were also poor, the cattle and sheep could not be properly settled, and the herdsmen could not live a stable life, but we won, and the cowardly Jurchens fled shamefully, but we still have hundreds of thousands of herdsmen to resettle, they have no cattle, sheep and food for the winter, do you want to watch our wives and children all starve to death?" ”

"We can still kill cattle and sheep to survive the winter, but if we fail here, then we will not have the strength to protect our pastures, have you forgotten the power of the Jurchens? If we are not here, when spring begins next year and they come again, what will we do to resist? Another Mongolian commander, Mo Rigen, couldn't help but come out to refute, after all, after entering the customs, they had lost a few battles with the Qin army.

Even the most courageous troops in the Mongol army had to admit that the cavalry of the Qin army could easily defeat them by relying on the advantage of equipment in the same number, and now they can barely wreak havoc in the north of Datong, constantly seizing grain and grass, that is because the enemy's cavalry is too small to pose a threat to their main force, but who knows how many cavalry the Qin army has in total?

"But the cattle and sheep that don't have fat are all skin and bones, and after they are killed, they can't feed everyone at all, and our old people are destined to starve to death, but what about women and children?" Ulan Bari said angrily that he couldn't accept his tribe to slaughter cattle and sheep without oil and water, after all, in this case, in the spring of the next year, they would graze a lot less cattle and sheep.

"This is the will of the Immortal Heaven, so that the favored can survive the winter, have you forgotten?" Agu Mulang also stood up and retorted loudly, "You just want to prove your bravery, but you want to send our sons to death, if the Qin army is so easy to fight?" Why didn't the Ming people in the east march in? ”

"Hmph, you don't go, I'll go by myself, we don't have cowards in the Han Department, Taiji, I'm willing to take my team of thousands of people south to attack their grain transport team, as long as we can succeed, we can even retreat, anyway, the Great Khan has already received 200,000 taels of silver and grain from the Ming court, which can already relieve our pressure." Ulaanba Ri saw that he couldn't make sense with these people, so he spoke directly to Harbara, of course, they belonged to the left and right wings, if Harbara didn't agree,

Ulan Bari was ready to contact the tribes on the right flank himself, and under the temptation of 50,000 stone of military rations, he believed that it would not be a problem to gather four or five thousand cavalry.

"Since you insist on going south, you have to negotiate and discuss, otherwise even if you get the grain, you won't be able to transport it all." Harbara is also facing huge pressure, 30,000 horses were handed over to him, not glory, but pressure, because Lin Dan Khan has been fighting for many years, coupled with the rebellion of Chahar's right wing, the strength of the Han Department has been greatly weakened, fortunately, Li Jing once helped them survive a cold winter, but this year, the cold winter is coming again, and they have turned against Li Jing again.

Although they cooperated with the Ming court, how much food could they give? 50,000 stone is not a small number, if it is eaten with cattle and sheep, it is enough for tens of thousands of people to survive the cold winter, and they can also try to save their own cattle and sheep and tribes, these are the fundamental strength to survive on the grassland, I have to say, even he is tempted.

"Taiji, do you want to agree with his idea and touch those Qin people who are desperate for a dozen?" The two commanders representing the left wing did not agree to send troops, but now that they saw that Taiyoshi, who could call the shots, they all agreed, and they were immediately anxious, but their opinions were not the majority, and the dozen commanders present, seven belonged to the right wing, and ten belonged to the left wing, plus the five thousand men of Halbara's own headquarters, a total of 30,000 troops, some of which were not soldiers, but were temporarily strengthened to the thousands, so as long as the right wing and Halbara agreed at the same time, then they had no room for refutation.

"We have to fight, if we don't get this batch of grain, we won't be able to fight the Jurchens in the coming year, do you want to continue to hide in the Hetao?" Once Halbara decided, he began to lobby the two most outstanding commanders of the left wing, but because of their excellence, they would move forward bravely, Agumulang and Mo Rigen, one was frightened by the prestige of the Qin army, and the other was simply frightened by the Qin army's deadly fighting style and sophisticated equipment, where would they fight.

"If Taiji insists on asking to go south to get food, then we will guard the back road for Taiji." Mo Zhigen looked at the few commanders present who had the same thoughts as them, so he stubbornly said that with his bravery, it would be a shame to say this, but he would rather live than lose his life.

"Okay, leave two thousand people here to keep an eye on the Qin people in the city, if they dare to go out of the city, you will follow, find a suitable opportunity to fight with them, Mo Rigen and Agu Mulang, the two of you will take the four thousand men on the left flank, and be responsible for covering the back road in our rear, I will take the right wing to dispatch a total of eleven thousand thousand men and fifteen thousand Mongolian warriors, go south to collect food, once successful, immediately retreat with food, let the Ming and Qin people go to the melee."

Halbara also knew that the Qin army could not be provoked, after all, their strength was much stronger than that of the Mongols, but fortunately, their cavalry was relatively small, at least if they couldn't beat it, they could still run.

"Yes!" Seeing that the soldiers and horses who were on the right wing and Tai Ji had agreed, several commanders on the left wing could only nod passively, anyway, just don't let them go into battle, and now the six thousand men who stay in place are close to 8,000 people on the left wing, and when the time comes, just a little bit at the top, at least without losing their lives.

So the entire Mongol army was divided into two, with Taiji Harbara leading 15,000 people to the south quickly, the 8,000 people who stayed behind were still monitoring and protecting their back roads near Tianchengwei, and the other 5,000 people were scattered around the place to plunder Datong, after all, food is the most important thing!

It's a pity that although the idea of these Mongolian cavalry is good, but they didn't expect that at this moment, the army that gathered the main force of the cavalry of the entire Qin army has grown up and waited for them to enter the pocket, on the southern front, it is two brigades of 10,000 horses, and on the northern front, it is more than 10,000 infantry horses, which is crushing the rear army of the Mongols outside the Xuanhua Pass, and is attacking Wanquanwei on the way, once they enter the pass, they will cut off their back road.

"The Mongol Tartars have been dispatched, and they hurriedly use beacon fire to send a message and report to all places, so that they can make a decision as soon as possible." The two thousand cavalry of the Qin army who stayed in the old land of Tianchengwei looked at the Mongolian army that was constantly leaving, and immediately lit the beacon smoke and warned everywhere, after all, they didn't know where the Mongolian cavalry was going south! (To be continued.) )