Chapter 256: You Don't Speak of Faith
However, Lin Dan Khan seems to have been born with bad luck. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
If he went east to attack Horqin and other Mongol tribes, he would find that his main force would definitely be empty, and he was destined to gain nothing.
And he chose to go south to invade the Han people, which happened to provoke a generation of fierce Hong Chengchou.
After the Ming army fought the Golden Tartars, as long as they defended the city and did not go out to fight in the field, they could drag on for a year or two, but the opponent had to be replaced by Mongolian Tartars, and it is no exaggeration to say that the entire three sides dragged on for ten years and eight years, and there was no problem at all.
The current situation is that the Ming army is holding the defense line of the Great Wall, and on the line of Ningxia Town and Yulin Town, from west to east, there are seven guards such as Ningxia Guard, Ningxia Zhongtun Guard, Ningxia Left and Right Tun Guard, Yulin Guard, and five guards such as Lingzhou Thousand Households.
Then there are the reinforcements of the inland thousand households sent by the Shaanxi Dusi, and the elite field barracks on the three sides, just the commanders, the same knowledge, there are more than 30 famous generals who are called above, and there are as many as 1230,000 soldiers and horses in the account books, even if according to the consistent tradition of the Ming Dynasty, drink some soldiers' blood and eat some empty wages, but there are 40,000 or 50,000 horses who can move.
And Lin Dan Khan of the Han Division, although he unified the eight departments of the Hetao, plus his original Chahar Department, but the actual number of troops that can be dispatched is just that, because there is a conflict between the reform of the Yellow Religion and the Red Religion, and the resistance of the Mongolian tribes such as Horqin who were recruited by the Later Jin, Lin Dan Khan can actually only control a part of Southern Mongolia.
At least the Mongol tribes further west did not obey him, and the Chechen Khan in Mobei, not to mention, it is strange that the two do not fight when they meet.
This time, in order to get the money, food and population supplement of the Han court in the south, Lin Dan Khan went south with 200,000 people, but in fact there were only 50,000 horses, which shows how much the power of this Mongolian Great Khan has declined.
As the saying goes, people are unlucky to drink cold water and stuff their teeth, Lin Dan Khan thinks that the elite iron horseman, in front of the towering walls of the Great Wall, is a head broken blood, fighting for more than 20 days, under Hong Chengchou's superb defensive skills, he has not achieved any decent results at all.
This also aroused the dissatisfaction of the Mongolian tribal leaders who followed the troops, but Lin Dan Khan didn't care about these at all, he just needed his own Han department to get enough benefits, which was also the only purpose for him to personally lead the troops to Xingwu Camp, that is, to secretly negotiate peace with the trilateral towns of the Ming Dynasty.
As soon as he obtained supplies that he considered satisfied, he would quickly withdraw his troops.
The three sides urgently need a stable rear, otherwise the rebellion on the East Shaanxi Road will quickly sweep the entire Shaanxi, and even if Hong Chengchou is strong, he will die with hatred.
But this trilateral governor, who thought he was extremely smart, would never have thought that Lin Dan Khan, who was in front of Ningxia Town, would not be able to move eastward with more than such a small army, and the left-wing tribal governor Tashhai appointed by Lin Dan Khan had gone east with 5,000 iron horsemen as early as three days ago and disappeared into the vast grassland.
"Immortal Heaven protect, rob the Han people in the south, kill!"
A large number of Mongol cavalry, bypassing the difficult and dangerous pass of the Great Wall, suddenly appeared under the Iron Pillar Spring City, and the officers and troops defending the city could not resist at all, because they had less than 100 men, and they were slaughtered in less than a moment.
The Mongol army, which had plundered the city, and collected the pitiful booty, was of course not satisfied, so the Mongol horsemen, like locusts, continued south to the agreed place, ready to receive their booty.
"In the hinterland of the Great Wall, there is a danger to birds? There are hundreds of elite guards, which reckless thief dares to touch the tiger's whiskers? The Iron Pillar Spring City Supervisor rode on a war horse, enduring the cold wind whistling in front of him, and couldn't stop spitting out depression.
A hundred households behind him instantly connected, "Who said it wasn't, the uncle above has a mouth, and if we do the small ones, we will break our legs, who will let us be low." ”
"Straight lady thief, those porters are more comfortable than us," the integrity officer snorted again, and then looked at the endless grain team behind him, "I don't know which dog was raised, and he actually asked us to open the way, isn't this a joke." ”
On the endless plain, what can be guarded, the north is the Xingwu camp station, the defense is strong, there are more than ten miles of fortresses inside and outside the Great Wall, once there is something, wolf smoke can rise in a moment.
Behind him is the garrison of the Ningxia guard, where thousands of officers and soldiers are stationed, and which unsightly thief dares to come here to make trouble?
Not to mention the front, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, was personally stationed in Lingzhou, and the main force of the nearby official army was no less than 10,000 people, and they were all absolute elites.
In the eyes of these people, this is absolutely safe, and to summon them with a paper order is to toss people.
However, soon they couldn't laugh, because on the way to the march, they felt the ground tremble slightly, and the first officer looked at the restless crotch of the war horse, and suddenly said in surprise, "What? ”
There was also the clever veteran, who looked around and found no movement, but the vibration frequency of the ground was getting faster and faster, and he couldn't think about it, the veteran's face changed, and he threw himself directly on the ground and listened to it.
"Enemy attack, there are more than a thousand horsemen, in the north!" Three incoherent words suddenly screamed, and the old soldier's face turned pale with fright.
On the vast plains, encountering a large array of cavalry that was already running was tantamount to a complete disaster for the infantry army without the slightest preparation.
In just an instant, the more than 300 soldiers who were the first to go fell into complete chaos, and they rushed into the food team, yelling and screaming, which together transmitted the tense atmosphere to more people.
It's chaotic, it's completely chaotic, and the grain team that doesn't have the slightest mental preparation at all, at this moment, it is no longer as calm as before, even if there are soldiers who protect the food and fight hard, they can't keep their original quiet.
When the first black spot in the sky appeared in sight, even the soldiers guarding the food couldn't hold on, and looked at the black spot in the north with their wide open mouths, one, two, ten, a hundred.
It wasn't until the black pressure came like a tide that the soldiers screamed in horror, and they began to run backwards with the chaotic crowd, and even faster, only hating their parents for missing two legs.
But those who are destined to run on two legs cannot run on four legs, coupled with the panic and nervousness in their hearts, which further aggravates the consumption of physical strength, and on the endless plains, there is not even a place to hide, where can they run.
More than 6,000 people, plus nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers, under the pressure, did not move, and collapsed on the spot, and in front of them, a whole 3,000 Mongolian iron horsemen, lined up in a line, unabashedly slaughtered.
The neighing of war horses, the trampling of horses' hooves, the screams of the Ming army, the howls of the people, and the rampant laughter of the Mongolian Tatars were endless, and the tragic slaughter suddenly appeared on this plain, and soon stopped.
"Stop! These are the slaves we need, the horses need to be taken care of, the cattle and sheep need to be raised, do you all want to kill all these slaves? ”
Under such a roaring order, the Mongolian Tartars quickly stopped, began to let out a series of strange screams, and then slapped the speed of their horses to catch up with one after another fleeing Ming soldiers and civilians, kicking them to the ground, or slapping them on the back with the back of a knife.
"I can't run! Huh~Huh~" The integrity officer of the Iron Pillar Spring City kicked hard, but unfortunately he couldn't run, so he could only lie on the ground in despair, looking at the Mongolian Tatars who were getting closer and closer behind him, and looked at it with a miserable smile.
A hundred households beside him who had been running with him stared at the sky at the moment and scolded, "Who put the Mongolian Tartars in, why didn't our guards light a single beacon smoke!" ”
It's a pity that no one will answer their question, and as far as the eye can see, there are soldiers and civilians running around screaming, it's over! Finished!
Not to mention the fate of a cavalry in the wilderness plains, even if it is notified in advance, what can it be? Could it be that less than 800 soldiers, relying on a chariot formation, without foreign aid, were able to defeat 3,000 Mongolian iron cavalry?
"My lord, there's movement in the north!"
At this moment, on the boundary of more than ten miles to the south of the battlefield, a huge Ming army formation is marching to the north in a neat arrangement.
"Oh?" The general who led the troops suddenly stopped, but his face was unpredictable, making it impossible to figure out what he was thinking at the moment, "If there is any movement in the north, explore again." ”
"Huh?" Before the herald could speak, he was ordered to probe again, and immediately turned back.
The general pondered on the spot for a while, and then ordered the whole army to continue to advance without hurrying, but he also ordered to be careful and vigilant, although he was in the interior, it was not child's play to march and fight, it was better to be careful.
After a long time, a horse galloped in, and when he got close, he quickly dismounted, rushed to the front, and kicked violently for a while, before he opened his mouth with difficulty, "My lord, there are thousands of Mongolian Tartar cavalry in the north, and they are rushing towards this side at this moment. ”
"Huh?!" This time, it was the turn of the general to lead the troops, he was dumbfounded, and immediately gasped, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to turn around, preparing to occupy a favorable terrain to meet the enemy.
However, this group of Mongol Tartars did not come at them at all, and after four or five miles away from the main force of the Ming army, they turned to the southeast, apparently aiming at the nearby city.
However, the Ming army could not sit idly by, so they could only stubbornly send 200 cavalry to follow from afar.
"My lord, this Mongolian Tartar is full of evil nature!" Behind the cavalry commander, Ren Bai always complained softly, but he didn't see the worry in the officer's heart, this is obviously not right, didn't they all say it, no, you have to go up and ask for an understanding.
Otherwise, if there is a commotion, he will definitely die.
It's a pity, how can there be so many whys in this world, the Mongolian Tartars who grabbed the red eyes, refused to say so much, and directly surrounded the Ming cavalry of 200 people, and after a long period of fighting, a certain chief officer fell off his horse, spit blood in his mouth, and shouted hard, "Wait, don't talk about faith~!" (To be continued.) )