0211 Invincible
Tens of thousands of Tatars desperately gathered in the direction of Boyan Khan, their numbers were too many, and the will to fight became extremely tenacious under the desperate fight, and the Ming army could not stop the assembly of the Tatar army, so they took advantage of the opportunity when their formation was divided and had not yet been closed, and they tried their best to kill and injure people.
The galloping squad of cavalry forwards had also rushed into the boiling battlefield, and with a violent sound of "Zheng", the Tartar in his hand was hit by the big sword in the hand of the galloping knight, and an irresistible Shen Xiong force carried it more than two feet away.
When the second knight arrived, he pointed his blade diagonally forward, and with the force of his horse, he easily cut off the head of the tartar that had lost its weapon, and the headless corpse stood upright for a moment before he spurted out a burst of blood and collapsed to the ground.
In a hurry, several Tartars threw the halberds in their hands as throwing guns, and the Tartars who stood farther away quickly opened their bows and arrows, and fired several arrows in a row to intercept the momentum of the Ming army.
It's just that their position has not yet been established, and the follow-up cavalry rushed over one after another, and the leader of a handsome general was Jing Fu'er, who was ordered to guard the Flying Fox Crossing, in case someone followed the Duoyan Sanwei and rushed to the pass, seeing the beacon smoke passing on the Great Wall, he and the Flying Fox Crossing defenders immediately went on full alert to prevent foreign enemies from invading, but then saw the beacon smoke burning on Baishan Mountain before he felt bad.
Although there is a beacon smoke on Baishan Mountain, it is not a chance to use it, and it is purely a redundant setting. No matter how strong Boyan's soldiers and horses are, it is impossible to rush through the Great Wall Pass in such a short period of time and break in, if it is the Maitreya Sect that gathers people to make a rebellion and besieges Baishan Mountain, with the 5,000 men and horses on the mountain and the 7,000 ambush soldiers in Datong City, it is enough to destroy them ten times.
So what's going on with the smoke burning on Baishan Mountain? Jing Fo'er's first reaction was that Duoyan Sanwei was deceitful, they led the troops up the mountain, the alliance was fake, and the assassination of the king was real, except for the five thousand elite soldiers of Duoyan Sanwei, who could pose a threat to the Ming army holding the mountain peak so quickly? It was Jing Fu'er who didn't think about it at all, and immediately led more than a thousand of his brothers to rush back to rescue him.
When he arrived at the bottom of the mountain and saw such a big battle, Jing Fu'er was also startled, where did so many Tartar soldiers come from? But at this time, I can't bother to ask so much, since the two sides are fighting, it is serious to kill honestly and unceremoniously.
A heavy thick-backed machete in Jing Fo'er's palm, stabbed with the knife, the big knife grazed the chest of a Tartar general with a protective iron armor, and the sparks burst out, and the protective armor cracked a terrifying mouth, and the flesh suddenly burst with blood.
The knife was not fatal, but the tartar general was stabbed and fell from his horse, and rolled on the ground several times, and before he could get up, the rumbling hooves of the horse had trampled over him.
The howling and struggle lasted only a moment, and he did not react when the horse's hooves were on his back. A big knife swung wildly, tearing flesh and bones mercilessly, like chopping melons and vegetables, and every cold light fell, blood splashed.
The big melee began, the plain under the Baishan Mountain was full of people, bows and arrows, throwing guns and other long-range attack weapons all lost their effect, all the people could only pick up swords, guns, swords and halberds to find the opponent hand-to-hand combat, people rolled to the ground, severed limbs flew sideways, thrilling screams, and the sound of hooves, as if it was hell on earth, Shura killing field.
It was not until this moment that Yang Ling's hanging heart was relaxed, he hurriedly rushed to Zhengde, turned over and bowed down, and said happily: "Congratulations to the emperor, the emperor has strategized and commanded, and Boyan can't steal chickens, this time it will be a big loss."
Zhengde's handsome white face was also smoked like a ghost, and his eyes were red, but the expression on his face was very happy, he hurriedly stepped forward to help Yang Ling, and said happily: "Yang Aiqing, please hurry up, which two reinforcements are under the mountain?" They came so timely, and I will be rewarded! ”
Zhang Yong and Miao Kui saw that the opportunity could not be missed, and hurriedly stepped forward to tout it, Hua Dang and others saw that the mountain was almost breached, and their hearts were raised to their throats, and they already knew that they were in Yang Ling's delaying strategy, and they were coaxed and lured by him to help him guard the mountain, waiting for the army to surround Boyan, in fact, it was the Ming Emperor who was attacked by others, but he was a good man, and now he turned the danger into a disaster.
The situation is stronger than people, and now Zhengde is the big winner, who will say that it is boring to say that it is boring?
Knowing each other, anyway, this bet was right, and Hua Dang and the leaders also hurriedly stepped forward to compliment Tian Khan.
Yin Qi glanced at Yang Ling and said in a low voice, "Your luck is good!" ”
The encirclement was relieved, as if the heavy stone that was pressing on his heart was removed, Yang Ling only felt relaxed, and couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "This official has always had good luck, but it's just that you can't be a big sweater, I'm really sorry."
"Yinqi, come here and see Tian Khan!" Hua Dang greeted him, and then bowed to Zhengde and stroked his chest and said: "Honorable Tian Khan, this is the minister's youngest daughter Yinqi Qiqi, she must follow the minister to meet Tian Khan, the minister is afraid that she will lose her dignity in front of the king, so she pretends to be a guard."
Yinqi heard her father call her, snorted noncommittally at Yang Ling, and strode forward to salute Zhengde.
Yang Ling saw that after a scuffle at the foot of the mountain, the Ming army had rushed to the bottom of the mountain and gathered into a human wall, and the Tatar soldiers on the opposite side gradually converged.
Zhengde was allowed by the head, Yang Ling immediately led more than 100 guards to rush down the mountain, at this time the Tatar army was assembled, the total number was still more than 10,000 more than the Ming army, Wang Shouren was waiting for the battle, was defending against the impact of Boyan, the Tatar banner pointed out, in the strange whistling waves, the army quickly broke away from the battle formation, and rushed in the direction of Datong.
Yang Ling rushed to Wang Shouren's side, the two knew each other in Beijing, and it was too late to salute at such a moment, Wang Shouren only hurriedly bowed his head to signal, and immediately ordered the army to wave the military flag and order, and the army then covered up.
Wang Shouren knew that the emperor was on the mountain, and he did not dare to use the cavalry, and the whole army was still far inferior to the other party, and it was impossible to completely annihilate Boyan, not to mention that there were Tatars outside the city of Datong, and the convergence of the two armies was even more unstoppable, so he just ordered the two guerrilla generals to drop out of the mountain to drive the wolf out of the pass, leaving 3,000 cavalry to escort them at the foot of the mountain, and he went up the mountain accompanied by Yang Ling.
As soon as Jing Fu'er saw the Tartar fleeing, he immediately led his own people to chase after him with a small shout, and cut people with the horse's buttocks, and it was too late to shout at him, Wang Shouren didn't have a face to face him in the chaotic army, and he didn't have time to figure out which reinforcement this was.
Boyan fled, it stands to reason that it is a rare opportunity to chase and kill the rout, Wang Shouren led the army to attack and fight with the Tartars hand-to-hand was extremely fierce, why did the Tartars escape from him but became cautious? Yang Ling was full of suspicions, and he was very puzzled by Wang Shouren's arrangement, so he asked him questions when he went up the mountain.
Wang Shouren already had a very good impression of Yang Ling, he and Yang Yiqing were at home at home, and the other was locked in prison, so they were able to be reactivated and entrusted with important tasks, thanks to Yang Ling's mediation, these things Scholar Wang Hua had already mentioned to his son, so he felt more friendly when he saw him.
Hearing his question, Wang Shouren smiled bitterly and said: "If the lowly post is expected, the rejection gate is already in the hands of the Tatars, and no one can stop them if they want to break through the siege with the speed of their cavalry." Our advantage lies in relying on our forces to fight head-on, and pursuing long-range attacks has never been our army's forte. Moreover, the Tartar's war bow can shoot up to a hundred feet away, and he is especially good at 'Mangu archery'."
He saw Yang Ling raise his eyebrows and show suspicion, so he explained: "That is to say, their riding skills are superb, they can shoot arrows backwards while escaping, my lord, the range of our bows and arrows is not as good as the Tartars, and we are chasing forward, and we are meeting the arrows fired by the Tartars, but the Tartars are fleeing forward, and they are avoiding the arrows of our army, and they become the escapees to win, but the pursuers lose most of them.
"And the Mongolian horse looks short, but the endurance is extremely strong, it can run long distances non-stop, and no matter the cold or heat can survive in the wild, our cavalry has just arrived, already tired, both in terms of numbers, or combat power are much worse, but we occupy the geographical advantage, Boyan has no intention of fighting."
"And Mongolian horses also have the lowest requirements for environment and food, whether it is a plateau desert or a meadow plain, Mongolian horses can find food at any time. The Mongol soldiers fought without baggage, one is that they rely on plunder to feed their wars, and the other is that most of their horses are mares, which can provide mare's milk for a living.
The world only said that the Mongol soldiers were both excellent at riding and shooting, but they did not know that their escape skills were the best in the world, and they were the best at killing the enemy and dragging the enemy down to achieve victory in the escape. Therefore, unless we are sure that we will force the enemy to fight a decisive battle head-on, we must never give up on them when and where our forces are inferior to them and we cannot force them to fight a decisive battle head-on."
Yang Ling's eyebrows jumped when he heard this, and he said in a daze: "Listening to Lord Wang's words, this official is shocked, the grassland and desert are their natural hunting grounds, if they don't let them kill each other and waste their strength, our army will be several times the enemy, and if you want to deal with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Tatar troops in the desert, you don't know how much price you have to pay."
Wang Shouren said happily: "That's right, so even though it's in the territory of my Ming Dynasty, since we can't wipe out Boyan and Huosieve, it's better to let them escape back to the grassland together, and when the adults' clever plan takes effect, it's not too late for us to invite them back."
The two looked at each other and smiled, feeling a sense of heroic sympathy.
Duoyan Sanwei and the Tatars and the Ming army also fought from time to time, familiar with the combat power and mobility of both sides, as soon as they saw that Boyan led the army to break through, and the Ming army, which was inferior to the Tatars, chased after him, he expected that it was impossible to annihilate the Tatars in this battle.
However, 45,000 Tatar elites were killed and wounded and stacked nearly 10,000 people, this 10,000 people is nothing to the Ming Dynasty, they know what it means to the steppe tribes, not to mention that there are Ming troops in front of them to help, and when they really rush out of the pass, I don't know how many people will die, one after the other, and with the support of the Ming Dynasty, Hua Dang seems to have seen that the throne of the Mongolian Great Khan is already beckoning to him.
Hua Dang immediately said goodbye to Zhengde with a happy eyebrow, Boyan was bound to flee back to the desert without stopping, which was blocking their way back to Duoyan Sanwei, so they had to take this opportunity to leave quickly, and at the same time, if the Tatars took grain and grass from Duoyan and the three, they could also prepare early.
Zhengde immediately agreed, and ordered someone to take out 5,000 taels of gold and 50 boxes of satin tea bricks from the hole in the ground that had been placed there in advance to give gifts to Duoyan Sanwei, and gave them flowers. The remnants of the 3,000 Duoyan cavalry, with the beautiful fantasy of dominating the grassland and becoming the king of the desert, galloped to the Flying Fox under the leadership of the Ming army knights.
As soon as they left, Zhengde called Wang Shouren and asked him about his identity, and learned that he was the son of Wang Huawang, a scholar of the former emperor of the emperor's former years, and couldn't help but say happily: "Very good, sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs, Aiqing rescued the car in time, and the Tatars were defeated, and the merit was in the community, and I will be rewarded for my meritorious deeds after returning to Beijing."
After speaking, his face sank, and he said in a fierce voice: "I and Yang Qing have set a clever plan to eliminate the troubles of Tatar for a hundred years, and now the purpose of dividing the two major leaders of Tatar has been achieved, and the purpose of forming an alliance with Duoyan Sanwei to drive wolves and tigers has been achieved, but what is Yang Yiqing, the general system of the three sides, doing?"
I have the Great Wall to defend, and I have 100,000 soldiers and close it, but outside this Datong City, the whole army of Boyan entered the city and almost took my head! Yang Yiqing's sin is unforgivable! I'm going to do him heavily! ”
The little emperor showed a dignified and murderous aura, and Wang Shouren was shocked when he saw that Yang Yiqing was going to be bad.
He thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Weichen was originally following behind the fire screen, and when he saw the smoke rising, he rushed to rescue the driver, and he didn't know the details of Boyan's entry into the customs, so it was inconvenient to put his beak
However, when the minister tracked down Boyan, his army showed no signs of fighting, so he easily crossed the pass and went straight in, and the minister suspected that some of the border guards had fornicated with the Tatars, and Yang led the army to fight as soon as he took office.
Poor command of the battle, causing major damage, it is enough to go to prison, now the emperor met with Duoyan Sanwei in Baishan Mountain, and had already informed Yang Yiqing in advance, by the Beijing camp of 5,000 elite soldiers to guard against the internal thieves of the Maitreya Sect, and he to guard against foreign captives, but the army of Boyan easily passed through his defense area, and appeared under Baishan Mountain in a grand manner, almost falling into the emperor and death, and the killing was light.
Wang Shouren didn't dare to excuse him directly, but he lightly clicked on it, and then glanced at Yang Ling earnestly, the only people present who could say that the emperor could move the emperor were Zhang Yong and Yang Ling, Zhang Yong was not familiar with him, so he had to ask Yang Ling to intercede.
The implication of his words is that Yang Yiqing is responsible for the regional defense of the trilateral general system, but this time Boyan knocked on the pass is not Yang Yiqing's improper command, but there is an internal thief to respond, this mistake is the regeneration of Zhuge Wuhou, and it is impossible to prevent it in advance. If you really want to pursue it, it seems that you should investigate the person who promoted the thief to the border pass.
Yang Ling understood what he meant, and he hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to Zhengde: "The emperor succeeded to the unification, and he met with Duoyan Sanwei in Baishan Mountain, established an alliance and mutual assistance, and pacified Liaodong. Will be calculated, with oneself as the bait to lure Kou Zhongfu, with less victory and more than 10,000 enemies, creating the largest record since the Northern Expedition of the Yongle Emperor, the great achievement of this martial arts.
General Yang went to the border, defeated Boyan, and divided his troops to attack behind the enemy, dividing the Tartars for the emperor, and making immortal achievements, which is really a rare general. Boyan's entry into the customs is not a crime of war, if he is severely punished, it will inevitably hurt the hearts of the border generals, and the hundreds of officials in the court and the central government will inevitably be suspicious, and they are originally opposed to the emperor's personal inspection, isn't this more credible? ”
Martial arts? The biggest achievement since the Northern Expedition of the Yongle Emperor? After only listening to these two sentences, Zhengde's eyebrows and eyes flew up together, and he hurriedly said: "What Aiqing said is that I almost self-destructed the Great Wall by destroying my military exploits, and Yang Yiqing is still a rare general to guard the border, but although this matter cannot be publicized, the border army must still be secretly and thoroughly investigated, and all suspicious ones will be replaced, and I will hand over this matter to you." The border guards will be mixed in so many annihilations, God knows when it will cause a catastrophe? ”
Yang Ling hurriedly nodded yes, Wang Shouren glanced at him gratefully, and then asked the emperor to resign and go down the mountain, commanded the soldiers to count the dead and wounded, clean the battlefield, take care of the prisoners of war, and sent people to Datong to investigate the situation of the battle, and decided the emperor's behavior.
When the beacon fire started, Deng Xueying, the commander of the Taiyuan Central Guard, hurriedly ran into Zhang Yin's big tent to report, and then the Taiyuan Left Guard commander and the senior generals of the army came to the tent one after another.
Zhang Yin was secretly happy in his heart, Boyan had already said that there was no large-scale tackling of key problems, at this time, the beacon fire was ignited, and there was a surprise attack on the customs, and he had worked hard for many years, and now he finally had the results, so how could he not be ecstatic?
According to Zhang Yin's original intention, he was stationed in place and waited for the results of the battle. Yang Yiqing transferred his army to prevent Boyan from attacking the pass when the emperor met with the alliance, so as to order him to support the attacked castle nearby, but he did not expect that Boyan's army had already responded internally, and he easily entered the pass and went straight to Baishan Mountain.
After Boyan went straight to Bai Mountain, Yang Yiqing was shocked by the report, and immediately mobilized the army from the pass, and at the same time sent the army to send Zhang Yin to help, as for whether his army had time to rescue him.
Zhang Yin thought that he should be on standby in accordance with Yang Yiqing's order and then decide to stop, but Deng Xueying, the commander of the central guard, thought that it should be in accordance with the usual practice, when the beacon fire was lit, the nearby garrison immediately rushed to the nearest aid pass, and the Taiyuan Left Guard commander made Guan Yong insist that the general would not grant the order of the king outside, since the beacon should immediately rush to Datong to prevent accidents.
Zhang Yin deliberately delayed time and deliberately connived at the dispute between the two generals, but he did not insist on what he had seen, but only sent a fast horse to Datong to investigate the military situation. After dragging on for nearly an hour, it was estimated that it was too late to go to the aid of Bai Dengshan now, so he "resolutely" decided to set up troops to Datong according to Guan Yong's opinion.
The army was halfway through, and it was able to meet Yang Yiqing's envoy who transferred troops, and the generals heard that Boyan had attacked Baishan Mountain when they entered the pass, and they couldn't help but panic and stepped up their command of the army to help.
After Wang Shouren's entry into the anti-Hu Fort, his exploration horse was also sent back to Datong, Bai Mountaineer was trapped, Wang Shouren led the elite cavalry to aid Bai Mountain, Yang Yiqing's army is also on the way to help the news, Zhang Yin originally expected that the defenders on the pass are all foot soldiers, there is no time to return to help Bai Mountain, now I heard that Wang Shouren, who was looking for the enemy outside the pass, and then sent first, has rushed to Bai Mountain, and can't help but sink in his heart.
Wang Shouren's soldiers were all cavalry, although 16,700 men were far inferior to the number of Boyan's soldiers and horses, but it was more than enough to protect the mountain, if they arrived in time, this clever plan to win in danger would inevitably fail.
Zhang Yin was worried, and the left and middle commanders were loyal to the Daoist and worried about the emperor's safety, so he urged the soldiers and horses to abandon the baggage and drag the ordnance, and travel lightly and quickly to Datong.
The army had just arrived on the main road leading to the Rejection Gate, and in the distance hooves sounded like thunder, and thousands of horses galloped. Hurriedly fled back to Datong, joined the hopeless fire sieve troops and horses to attack the city, and the Boyan Khan, who fled with all his might, arrived
(To be continued)