Chapter 151: The Siege
Gui Yingcha led the troops back to Guihua City, and the whole city was a sensation for a while.
The Mongols needed victory too much. Since the Later Jin became stronger, the Mongols were beaten and retreated, and even the place where their ancestors lived was lost, and some small tribes betrayed and took refuge in the Later Jin. The Mongols were full of depression in their hearts. Gui Yingcha led less than 3,000 men and horses to defeat the Houjin 5,000 iron cavalry, how can this not be exciting. It is natural to ignore the role of Zhang Chu's team in battle.
Lin Dan Khan was also very happy, personally summoned Gui Yingcha, praised him, and the reward was indispensable. Gui Yingcha is naturally a variety of thanks, saying that victory is never inseparable from the correct leadership of the Great Khan.
In the end, Lin Dan Khan asked where Zhang Chu's team went, and Gui Yingcha said that Zhang Chu led the team back to Fugu, and Lin Dan Khan was relieved. He didn't want Zhang Chu to stay on the grassland for a long time from the bottom of his heart, and many ministers around him had proposed that letting Zhang Chu enter the grassland was to raise tigers, and he wrote many times to drive Zhang Chu away. I hope that this time Hou Jin will be scared and will no longer come to the trouble of Naturalization City, it will be perfect, if that is the case, Zhang Chu will be useless.
Gui Yingcha had just come out of Lin Dan Khan, and the guards of the eldest princess Uliangha were already waiting outside the door, stopping him and saying that the eldest princess was invited.
Of course, this is what Gui Yingcha is willing to do, and happily follows the guards to the eldest princess.
The eldest princess sat upright in the hall and met Gui Yingcha.
Shi Li had finished the eldest princess before she said: "Recently, I have also been training in the army, and I heard that you have won the battle, I want to ask you about the war, maybe it will help the training." ”
Gui Ying just thought of the eldest princess's small army of fifty people, and at the same time thought of how this army came about, and she was a little less happy. sat up straight and told the eldest princess in detail about the whole battle, and the eldest princess interjected from time to time to ask for details.
Gui Yingcha found that the eldest princess was not only interested in war, but also in someone. Speaking of thrills, the eldest princess frequently showed a worried expression, and when she heard that Zhang Chu led the team back to Fugu after the war, the eldest princess looked very disappointed again.
After listening to Gui Yingcha's explanation, the eldest princess said: "It seems that this firearm is indeed very powerful, and after more than two thousand, the golden soldiers were surrounded, and they were eliminated when they were eliminated." ”
Hearing this, Gui Yingcha really wanted to say, "See me! See me! "I'm also very powerful, okay, Zhang Chu used 5,000 people to eliminate 2,000 people, and I used more than 2,000 people to chase the same number of Houjin cavalry and kill dozens of miles, and then eliminate most of them, wouldn't it be even more powerful.
But the eldest princess seemed to have seen too much of him, and ignored it in front of her, without paying more attention, Gui Yingcha felt that she had no intention of saying goodbye.
Zhang Chu returned to Fugu City, gathered all the officers together, and made a profound analysis of the course of this battle with Houjin. I deeply feel that the cavalry is still the most powerful in this era, and the security army and the Houjin cavalry will definitely suffer heavy losses if they fight hard, and Zhang Chu is not reluctant, so he has to find a way to confront the cavalry.
After the meeting, the generals did not rest and began a new round of arms expansion. According to Zhang Chu's analysis, it is time for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to recover from the state of enlightenment after being repaired by the Houjin. After Jin retreated, the rebel army from all walks of life became the biggest threat to the Ming Dynasty, although Wang Jiayin's momentum was the most powerful, and he also had to guard against the evil wind of the Ming Dynasty to fight the security army first.
According to the development of history, Huang Taiji should attack Lin Dan Khan this year and drive him away from Guihua City.
The Houjin people have been supported by victories over the years, and one victory after another has achieved the undefeated myth of Houjin. Not only struck a blow to the enemy, but also boosted the morale of its own people.
When fighting against the enemy, Hou Jin found that there was an enemy with a strong will to fight, and he would never let go, and would always concentrate his forces to destroy him, so that other enemies would be afraid to fight Hou Jin head-on. This time, Haoge suffered a defeat, and Huang Taiji made up his mind to find a place back. It didn't take long for the 100,000 army to be assembled, and Huang Taiji gave an order to drive towards Guihua City.
Lin Dan Khan of Guihua City has long been prepared for the attack of the Houjin people, mobilizing troops to continuously strengthen the defense of Guihua City, but he still underestimated the determination of Houjin, there was information that Huang Taiji was going to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Guihua City, Lin Dan Khan estimated that the bluff here may be very large, and it would be good to have forty or fifty thousand people. If the Mongols relied on the city of Guihua to defend it, they could still do it for a period of time, and it was very likely that the Jin soldiers would return in vain after a long time. This time, from the analysis of news from all aspects, the Houjin people brought a real 100,000 horses, and Lin Dan Khan felt the pressure doubled.
He had no choice but to send a messenger to ask Zhang Chu for help, and the two must have said that they would form an alliance.
After receiving the letter, Zhang Chu promised very happily, and promised to immediately lead his troops to set off, looking for an opportunity to attack the Houjin people, and asked the messenger to ask Lin Dan Khan how to cooperate.
After receiving the reply, Lin Dan Khan made a mistake and put Zhang Chu's team outside the city to resist the Houjin army, which was very unkind to the Mongols as cannon fodder, and Zhang Chu would not agree. The idea of letting the security army into the city was unanimously opposed by the ministers. You can't turn away the wolf at the front door and enter the tiger at the back door. What should I do if I beat back Houjin and the security army is in the city and doesn't leave? What should I do if Zhang Chu led his troops to attack the Great Khan suddenly? In the midst of opposition, Lin Dan Khan could only choose a safe plan, and let the messenger send a message to Zhang Chu, asking him to wait for an opportunity to attack the Houjin people outside the naturalized city to relieve the pressure in the city.
At this time, Zhang Chu had led 10,000 soldiers and horses out of Fugu, and after receiving the news, he sighed, and the Naturalization City could not be saved. If the security army can enter the Naturalization City, with the defensive ability of the security army, it will definitely be able to inflict huge damage on Houjin, and Houjin will naturally retreat if he can't gnaw his hard bones. Now Lin Dan Khan is not at ease with the security army, and the large amount of materials he brought is useless. Zhang Chu ordered the team to stop and look for favorable terrain to camp, and then sent scouts to find out the news of Houjin.
For the safety of the eldest princess, Zhang Chu specially sent someone to bring a letter to invite the eldest princess to Fugu as a guest. He knew that it was unlikely that he would agree with the character of the eldest princess, so he also gave fifty war horses as gifts, thinking to himself, silly girl, how far and as far as she could.
The eldest princess received Zhang Chu's letter and understood what Zhang Chu meant, but she couldn't leave her brother alone to run for her life, and she must contribute to the sweat at this critical moment. She declined Zhang Chu's kindness, and the war horse stayed, and it was good to have a little more strength at this moment.
The Houjin army soon approached the city, according to the book of soldiers, Huang Taiji came to encircle three missing one, and surrounded the naturalization city on three sides, leaving only the west of the city without sending soldiers and horses. He was not afraid that the Mongols in the city would run away, and the Mongols who ran out of the city would be the best prey for the Houjin cavalry on the steppe. Letting go of a way of life will also make the defenders of the city unable to hold the determination to die, and no one will fight hard if there is hope to live.
After the Jin army besieged the city on three sides, it immediately caused a great chaos in the naturalization city, a large number of people wanted to flee from the west of the city, but were stopped by the soldiers, and it was difficult to open the city gate and close it again.
Lin Dan Khan and his ministers were also arguing about whether to stay or escape. (To be continued.) )