Looking at Jiang Hao, whose face was rare and heavy beside him, Yin Yu also gasped. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Jiang Hao's meaning is very clear to him, the number of Mongolian Tatars in Youyan is limited, and the Tianwu army easily swept through Nankou and Juyong Pass, indicating that the rest of the main Mongolian army is used in other directions, and the most likely to make the Mongols rush to mobilize their troops, even at the cost of giving up Juyong Pass, is naturally Gubeikou.

After all, now with the Tianwu Army's attack on Juyong Pass, the Zhenhai Navy's attack on Jinzhou, and the two Huai armies on the front, the Ming Dynasty's offensive strategy has been fully revealed, and the first brigade of the two Huai Army, which suddenly appeared in the hinterland of Youyan, has made the most critical step in this strategy public. In the face of the main army of the Ming Dynasty that was concentrated and surrounded from all directions, the Mongols naturally understood that they had no chance of winning, so what Boyan and Shi Tianze needed to consider was to wait for the Mongolian army to retreat.

The Ming army had the least troops, and Gubeikou, which was the closest to the central capital, was naturally the best policy.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the Mongols to attack Gubeikou.

"Your Majesty's original will to the Tianwu Army was clearly written, choose the opportunity to attack Datong Mansion, and if you can, cut off the back road of the main army of the Mongol Tatars." Yin Yu frowned and looked at Jiang Hao, "Then what should we do now?" ”

Jiang Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly, if the Tianwu Army moved forward, it would be equivalent to leaving the survival of Gubeikou behind, after all, the main purpose of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition this time was to take Youyan and open up the connection with Liaodong, if the Tianwu Army was in a hurry to outflank the back road of the Mongolian army, and what happened to Youyan's side, Jiang Hao and Yin Yu both asked themselves if they couldn't bear this responsibility.

And if the Tianwu army turns around to support Gubeikou, it is equivalent to leaving the Datong Mansion and the Lan army behind, and throwing the main army of the Mongolian Tatars and Kublai Khan to Ye Yingwu to deal with, but now, even if the Ming Dynasty has even dispatched the Praetorian Guard, it is still inferior to Kublai Khan in terms of the number of troops, plus Kublai Khan is also the elite of the Mongolian army with Kublai Khan, and it is definitely not comparable to the repeatedly defeated rabble of Youyan, so Ye Yingwu's chances of victory are actually not big, If this battlefield is defeated, it is likely to cause a chain effect, and the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty will also fail completely.

Whether the two roads are to the east or west, they have their own reasons, and they also mean that the Tianwu Army will have to take a lot of risks.

"Division?" Yin Yu said in a deep voice, for the Tianwu Army, whether it is to the east or west, it is risky, it is better to get it than to divide the troops directly, just like the Tianwu Army at the beginning, one army is responsible for the Youyan battlefield, and the other army is responsible for the Shanxi battlefield.

Jiang Hao frowned: "You can't divide the troops, the Tianwu Army has only so many people, in the face of the main force of the Mongolian Tatars, maybe they can still compete, if you divide the troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult to confront the Mongolian Tatars head-on, when the time comes, you can't fight the enemy, you can't hide, you can't hide, both sides didn't get the results, but they added chaos in vain, what do you say you should do when the time comes?" ”

Yin Yu suddenly took a light breath, the main force of the Mongolian Tatars led by Kublai Khan and the Mongolian Youyan army commanded by Boyan were actually quite numerous, otherwise Ye Yingwu would not have been able to come up with such a big battle, and only by concentrating a few main forces could he have the confidence to win a complete victory on the Youyan battlefield. Now a Tianwu army is still planning to divide its troops, go to cut off the back road of the main Mongolian army or go to a decisive battle with the Mongolian Tatar army in Youyan, naturally it is not so easy to win, and in the end, it is possible that the bamboo basket will be empty, and neither side has achieved any results, adding jokes in vain.

"What then?" Yin Yu looked at Jiang Hao, although the Tianwu Army was on the winning side of Juyong Pass, but it was still helpless in the face of this problem of the Mongolian Tartars.

Jiang Hao was silent for a moment, then raised his head and pointed forward: "Compared to Youyan, the most important thing is the main army of the Mongol Tatars, and we still have to attack westward." ”

Looking at Yin Yu's somewhat surprised eyes, Jiang Hao said in a positive voice: "Now Da Ming is indeed facing these two battlefields that are difficult for people to choose, but compared to the Youyan battlefield, the most important thing is the Shanxi battlefield. Daming concentrated more than 200,000 troops including the two Huai Army, the Zhen Navy and the Beiyang Fleet on the Youyan battlefield, plus the upcoming Xuanwu Army, which has actually occupied the advantage of troops, plus Juyongguan, Gubeikou and Jinzhou, Xifengkou, the Great Wall line has fallen into our control, it is not so easy for the Mongolian Tartars to turn the tables, not to mention that now the army of the Mongolian Tartars Youyan can be regarded as a big injury, even if they really let them make a hole and return to the outside of the Saiwai, there is no big problem. ”

Yin Yu nodded, originally Youyan's Mongolian army was the defeated general of the Ming army for many years, not to mention the low morale, and even there were many deficiencies in grain, grass and equipment, otherwise it would be impossible to directly expropriate the land that he still controlled, and it was reasonable to say that it was a group of rabble. So even if they are lucky enough to really return to the grassland, it is actually difficult to re-form a combat-effective army in a short period of time, so it is good that the Youyan battlefield can completely annihilate the Mongolian Tatar army, even if there is no way to eliminate them all, it can make the Mongolian Tatars have no power to fight back.

But the Shanxi battlefield was the opposite. Jiang Hao squinted, there was not much, but Yin Yu knew it very well in his own heart.

The Shanxi battlefield turned out to be just a sub-battlefield of the Northern Expedition, and the Mongolian army in Shanxi was also desperately shrinking, obviously not wanting to confront the Ming army head-on, but soon the situation of the entire Shanxi battlefield was turned upside down, Kublai Khan led the main force of the Mongolian army to cross the Lanshui and go south, and Ye Yingwu did not hesitate to lead the Praetorian Guard to the north, stationed in Huguan, and put on a posture of not giving an inch and fighting a decisive battle with Kublai Khan, which made the Shanxi battlefield suddenly cover up the light of the Youyan battlefield, and directly attracted the attention of the world.

Not only because this battle is a direct duel between Ye Yingwu and Kublai Khan, the two heroes of the world, but also because the victory or defeat of this war is related to the success or failure of the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, the reputation and prestige of Ye Yingwu and Kublai Khan as undefeated generals in the world, and the realization of the dream of the Northern Expedition of China for 300 years and the dream of a strong country in Mongolia for a century.

If there is a place that is the focus of the world's attention now, then it must be Shanxi and Shangdang, not Nanjing or Youyan.

Everyone is waiting for the outcome of this big battle.

As the generals of the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Hao and Yin Yu are even more aware of the importance of this battle, because once the Ming Dynasty fails, it means that Ye Yingwu, as His Majesty the Emperor, will have to take risks, and the flanks of the entire Northern Expedition will also have to take risks, and even the Central Plains and Heluo regions of the Ming Dynasty will need to take risks. Therefore, there is no way for the Ming to allow this station to fail, so all the Ming troops, if possible, need to give a helping hand to the Shanxi battlefield.

Although Ye Yingwu has always emphasized that the generals are not subject to the orders of the generals, he has always only put forward strategic requirements for the main forces of the various forces, and has no guidance for tactics, and even after the main forces of the various forces have reached their fixed strategic goals, they will no longer be required to play their next roles.

But that doesn't mean the main forces can sit idly by.

For example, for the current Tianwu Army, they have reached the strategic goal of taking Juyong Pass, but if they don't move, they may face the defeat of the Ming Dynasty on the two battlefields of Youyan and Shanxi. As generals of the Ming Dynasty, of course it is impossible for Jiang Hao and Yin Yu to watch such a thing happen, because it is not only the Ming Dynasty that will be unlucky at that time, but also them.

Once the Ming Dynasty loses on the battlefield in Shanxi, then Jiang Hao and Yin Yu must face the next chain reaction. Especially in the words that Jiang Hao didn't say, it obviously also included the possibility of Ye Yingwu's defeat and some unfortunate time, when the entire Ming Dynasty was very likely to completely collapse.

Therefore, even if the Tianwu Army allowed Youyan's Mongol Tatars to take the opportunity to break through, it could not let the Shanxi battlefield risk defeat.

"Take the map!" Jiang Hao didn't care about the Juyong Pass that had been completely mastered by the Ming army before, after all, the Juyong Pass was not important now, the important thing was what the Tianwu Army should do next after passing the Juyong Pass.

This map was drawn with the assistance of the Six Doors and the Jinyi Guard, and although it is not very accurate, it is better than nothing. Stretching out his hand to point on the map, Jiang Hao said in a deep voice: "From here to Datong Mansion, there are Fengsheng Prefecture and Ulzhou in the middle, all of which occupy dangerous places, and it is impossible for the Mongolian Tartars not to send troops to defend, so it is impossible for us to disappear along the way, so we simply kill it with great fanfare, the more we make a fuss here, the less the Mongolian Tartars have the strength to fight with Your Majesty, and even the Mongolian Tartars on Youyan's side have to think about what they should do." ”

After a pause, Jiang Hao said with a smile: "For the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty personally used himself as a bait, so as to expect to be able to win the Battle of Youyan, why didn't Kublai Khan use Youyan's army as a bait to take the opportunity to find the flaws of the Ming Dynasty?" Therefore, as bait, Shi Tianze and Boyan should know what they need to do, and they don't have to worry about them ignoring the Tianwu Army at that time. ”

Yin Yu frowned: "But this means that we are very likely to be attacked on our backs." ”

"Could it be that the Tianwu Army is afraid of the Mongolian Tatars' two-headed attack?!" Jiang Hao laughed and walked towards his mount, "Our Tianwu Army has been in the bag for so long, and even in the end, we haven't even taken the position of the Northern Expedition General Attack, if we don't show some real skills, where is there still the cheekiness to call ourselves 'the strongest army in the world'?" ”

In an instant, Yin Yu seemed to think of the north-south battle of the Tianwu Army over the years, and remembered the figures that roared forward under those banners. This is the army that Ye Yingwu relied on, and once upon a time, even the position of the main attack of the Northern Expedition had to be surrendered. The Tianwu Army can no longer indulge in the previous glory, and when the rest of the main forces rise, they should also strive to create their own new victories.

The title of "the strongest army in the world" is not an iron hat, it needs to be maintained with the head and blood of the Mongolian Tartars!

"Let's go!" Yin Yu pressed the saber in his hand and followed Jiang Hao's back.

The Great Wall unfolded in front of the two, and after the Great Wall, there were more challenges, and there were more fierce and even tragic battles.

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The arrows roared down on the wall of the Great Wall, and the soldiers of the Ming army subconsciously held their breath behind the shields and battlements, listening to the sound of the arrows hitting the shields and stone walls. The shouts of the capital and the ten generals were constantly heard from the enemy towers and beacon towers on the heights, marking the positions of the Mongol troops and crossbowmen.

"Kill it!" The shouts of the Mongols and the sound of high trumpets could be faintly heard.

"Crossbowmen, firecrackers ready!" One of the heads behind the shield roared loudly.

All the Ming soldiers slowly raised the weapons in their hands, and their eyes burst into fine light.

Dutou's eyes glanced through the gap in the shield and roared, "Release!" ”

A crossbowman and a firecracker stood up at the same time and pulled the trigger in their hands. Arrows and iron bullets poured down the hillside like splashes of water, and the Mongol soldiers in the front row fell like waves of wheat in the wind, but the Mongol soldiers in the back continued to move forward without saying a word, and rows of spears and swords reflected dazzling light in the sun.

"Sakugi!" In the tunnel under the Great Wall, the head of the capital and the ten generals waved their hands fiercely at the same time, and the knife and axe hand, who had been waiting for a long time, waved off the blade in his hand and cut the ropes one by one. The wood and rolling stones fixed outside the tunnel with the break of the rope, directly roll down the hillside, the road up the mountain is very narrow, although there are many Mongolian soldiers, to this place can only be squeezed together, the rolling wood and rolling stones fall directly into the crowd, in an instant there is already blood splashed, and these thick wood and full of angular stones do not have the slightest intention to stop, and are still rolling and falling into the Mongolian army under the cliff, and crash out of a bloody road.

"Kill!" After all, the number of these sassal logs and rolling stones was still limited, and when this time passed, the Mongol troops behind did not hesitate at all, and continued to charge upwards with shouts. Even the blood of his companions was trampled on under his feet, and even many corpses rolled down like the stones, causing the soldiers to dodge in a panic.

These Mongol soldiers also knew very well that this was the time that their brothers in Paoze had bought with their blood, and if they did not cherish it, it would mean that they would have to pay the same sacrifice to obtain such an opportunity.

"There are only a few hundred southern barbarians on the mountain, and we have an army of 20,000, so we can't be afraid of them by saying anything!" A centurion or even a centurion had already jumped out and rushed to the front of the team at this time, compared to the leaders and commanders who had always led the Ming army to rush and kill, these centurions and commanders also fulfilled their responsibilities.

The morale of the Mongolian soldiers was greatly boosted, and they continued to move forward on the blood-stained road, while the sound of the horn still sounded behind them, and the sound became louder and louder, urging the soldiers to fight bloodily.

"Mongolian Tartars, this is going to be desperate!" Looking at the dense figure under the enemy's tower, Rao is Wang Yizhou has experienced a lot of big battles, and he couldn't help frowning at this time, "It seems that the Mongolian Tartars also know that we don't have many people in this Gubeikou, otherwise it is impossible to test the attack, and thousands of people will directly attack when they come up." ”

"It's normal," Xu Chen nodded, "The Mongolian Tatars surrounded us before, and we have to figure out our number at least, plus the news from that group of Mongolian Tatar cavalry, it is reasonable to know that there are not many of us." Without further ado, the Mongols were about to rush to the trench in their first attack, and I am afraid that they would not be able to hold on for long if they continued like this. ”

"Brothers, the Mongolian Tartars have rushed up, follow Lao Tzu!" The leaders and ten generals who led the team in the trench rushed out of the trench one after another, and as a cover, the crossbowmen and firecrackers on the city wall desperately cast. In order to be able to arrange more soldiers in the trenches to deal with the Mongol Tartar assault and to protect the lives of these soldiers who could inflict long-range casualties in the melee, crossbowmen and musketeers were not placed in the trenches. As the head of the capital and the ten generals fought out of the trench,

Seeing the Ming army come out, the Mongolian soldiers were stunned for a moment and killed them head-on. On the narrow hillside road, the red-eyed soldiers of the two armies jumped back and forth between the rocks, and the blades in their hands beckoned directly to the enemy's body. The previous roads were blocked by the Ming army's stones, and the wild grass on the hillside was also burned clean, so there was basically no place to hide, and there were not many injuries on both sides, so they could only wait for the soldiers in front to fall before the people behind could go up.

Blood flowed down the hillside, and the Ming and Mongolian soldiers continued to fall, and the people behind did not hesitate to rush forward to kill, one side only wanted to be able to move forward, and the other side did not retreat even if it died.

"Kill!" A Ming soldier roared, and the knife in his hand cut the Mongolian soldier in front of him into two pieces, and the blood sprayed on his face, armor, and moistened the ground under his feet.