"General." The bearded man asked excitedly, "Is there going to be a war?" ”

"Yes." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "Tomorrow will be the fifth watch!" ”

"Hit whom?" Scarface also asked excitedly, "Jian Nu or a thief?" ”

"This time, we won't fight Jiannu or thieves." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "We fought the Mongols and the city of Naturalization [now Hohhot], and we are talented, now you explain the battle plan to them." ”

"Yes."

Zhen Youcai responded, pointed to the map and said: "Everyone, please see, this is naturalization, it is the location of the Khan Court of the Tumut Department, south of naturalization, east of the Yellow River, and north of the Yellow River, which is commonly known as Fengzhou Beach, also known as the East Loop of the Yellow River, is the most abundant area of water and grass in the Hetao area, before the Ming Dynasty, there were four guards of Yulin, Yunchuan, Dongsheng, and Zhenyu, but now it has become a horse ranch for the Tumut people. ”

"Damn." The bearded man said angrily, "One day we will snatch it back." ”

"Don't interrupt." Wang Pu frowned and said, "Listen to Zhen join the army and finish the battle plan." ”

Zhen Youcai nodded, and then said: "The detailed battle plan of our army is like this, with the bearded, scarface, and Monk Zhang each leading two hundred horsemen in disguise as Jiannu's Zhenghongqi, inlaid red flag, and Zhenglanqi iron cavalry to set off first, and the three roads marched together to booby-trap the Mongols encountered along the way, so as to ensure that the news of our army's surprise attack and naturalization would not be leaked. ”

"The marching route of our army is from the camp of Lei Gong Mountain, crossing the Great Wall from the pass of Mituo Mountain, then passing through Tucheng and Xianqi Sea to Heihe, and finally going down the Heihe River to take naturalization, the journey is about 500 miles, and our army must rush to finish it within three days! In this way, even if the Tumuts learned the news two days in advance, they would not be able to gather many troops in a hurry, and it should be easy to take Guihua City with the strength of our army. ”

"After taking the naturalization, our army will be divided into four, divided into Dongsheng, Yulin, Yunchuan, Zhenyu four places, the nomadic Tumert people in the east of the Yellow River to the direction of the Xiangzhu Sea, at this time Zhang Gonggong will lead the army to the Xianghai interception, under the attack on both sides, the Tumert people will have no way out, their large herd of cattle, sheep and livestock is ours."

"Good!"

"Great!"

"In this way, the brothers can make a fortune again, haha."

Bearded, Scarface, Tang Sheng, and Monk Zhang and others cheered one after another, as if the Tumut people had collapsed, and the millions of cattle, sheep and livestock nomadic in the east of the Yellow River had become a meal on their plates, only Wang Pu and Zhen Youcai looked indifferent, in fact, Zhen Youcai only talked about the first half of the battle plan, and the most critical second half did not talk about it.

According to Wang Pu's battle plan, it is inevitable that the Tumut people will collapse under surprise, after all, the current Tumut Department is no longer the Tumut Department that can call the Ming Dynasty under the rule of Altan Khan and Sanniangzi, however, will the nomadic Horqin Department in the vast area east of the Amber Sea stand idly by?

Wang Pu raised his hand to stop the cheers of the generals, and said coldly: "Did everyone hear clearly?" ”

"Hear me."

The bearded man and the others responded with a bang.

"Okay." Wang Pu nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Then let's go back to the camp separately, bearded, scarface, and Monk Zhang, don't forget to take someone to the munitions warehouse to get the Jiannu armor, tomorrow on the fifth watch, the army will start on time." ”

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Nothing was said all night.

Before dawn the next day, a group of heavily armed cavalry drove out of the camp of Lei Gongshan, and walked north in the bleak north wind, with the bearded, scarface, and Zhang Monk each leading two hundred cavalry disguised as Jiannu cavalry to set off first, and Wang Pu led the follow-up army to follow up.

Although the Northern Yuan and the Ming Dynasty were the regimes of the two enemy countries, but since the three ladies came to power, the relationship between the Northern Yuan Tumut Department and the Ming Dynasty has been greatly improved, and later the Golden Family restored Lin Dan Khan to become the co-leader of the Mongolian tribes again, but the good relationship between the Tumut Department and the Ming Dynasty has been maintained.

It was not until five years ago that Huang Taiji led the army to conquer the Monan tribes in Monan, and the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Tumut tribe began to be tense again, but the private trade activities between the Mongol tribes and the border people of the Ming Dynasty never stopped, so the border people of Datong can be said to be very familiar with the terrain of Monan in the area of Fengzhou Beach.

Wang Pu's army had veterans who were familiar with the terrain of Monan, so there was no need to find a Mongolian guide to guide the way.

The three vanguard cavalry dispersed after crossing the pass of Mida Mountain, the bearded man led 200 cavalry on the left, Scarface led 200 cavalry on the right, and Monk Zhang led 200 cavalry in the center, and the three cavalry lined up at intervals of ten paces, forming a wide fan of nearly 20 miles and swept from south to north.

Once a yurt is found in a fan with a width of nearly 20 miles, the bearded men will gather the corresponding cavalry according to the number of herdsmen to slaughter mercilessly, and the old and young women and children will not be spared, this is Wang Pu's military order! Wang Pu also had no choice when he issued this national decree.

The 4,000-strong cavalry marched forward on the steppe, and it was almost impossible to hide people's eyes, so Wang Pu could only make this decision to kill as many Mongols as possible along the way, although it was difficult to avoid the whereabouts of the army being discovered, but at least it could delay the time of discovery.

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When the sky is empty, there is no cloud.

The clear blue sky was as pure as if it had been washed, pure without a trace of impurities.

Under the clear blue sky, a group of sheep are grazing on the gentle slope, looking from afar like a white cloud falling on the grassland, slowly drifting along the undulating hillside to the distance, there is a small river under the hillside, the pure river water reflects the reflection of the blue sky, the sky is like a house, there is a group of fat and strong Mongolian horses by the small river are drawing water, after eating and drinking, from time to time raise the horse's head and neigh, the loud horse neighing sound is directly transmitted several miles away.

Not far away, more than a dozen yurts are scattered on the grassland, there are the barking of sheepdogs, the cheerful laughter of children, and the curling smoke rising from the yurts, an old man leaning on the side of the carriage and pulling the horse-head qin in his hand, the desolate whimper of the horse-head qin attracted a group of children to come and watch.

All of this looks as beautiful as a paradise, breathtakingly beautiful.

Without warning, the strings of the horse's head in the old man's hand suddenly broke, and the desolate whimpering stopped, and the children dispersed in disappointment, but the old man's gaze stopped on the low mountain beam in the distance, and I don't know when a knight in blue helmet and blue armor had emerged from behind the mountain beam.

Immediately after that, a second, third, and fourth riders emerged from behind the mountain beams...... Dozens of cavalrymen in blue helmets and blue armor appeared one after another, and when they lined up on the mountain beam, there was no continuous sound of horns, no hoarse shouts, and no ferocity of prancing horses raising swords, this group of cavalry just stood quietly on the mountain beam, and no one knew what they wanted to do.

The Mongolian old man looked at the cavalry on the mountain beam fixedly, the children also stopped playing, and turned to look at the group of uninvited guests who suddenly appeared, the Mongolian women who were working hard also stopped what they were doing, and finally the Mongolian men who were drinking milk tea in the yurt also felt the abnormality in the air and got out of the yurt one after another.

"It's the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty." A Mongolian man put his hand on the awning and looked at it for a moment, then said, "It's a blue flag." ”

"What are the Qing cavalry doing here?" Another Mongolian man asked suspiciously, "Are you going to attack Daming again?" ”

"That's not right." Another Mongolian man shook his head and said, "If we really want to attack the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely ally with our Mongolian tribes first, but we have not received an order from Tumut Khan. ”

Just when the Mongolian men were puzzled, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves from the left and right wings and behind them at the same time, and when the Mongolian men hurriedly looked around, left and right and behind them, they were shocked to find that the Zhenglan Banner cavalry of the Great Qing Kingdom also appeared in the other three directions, and was galloping towards their settlement.

Dozens of cavalry with blue flags on the front mountain beam also rushed down the hillside, and they could form an encirclement with the Qing cavalry in the other three directions.

The Mongolian men sniffed out the murderous intent in the air, and rode up to meet them, although they only had a dozen horses, less than one-tenth of the number of each other, but it was their responsibility to protect the old and young women and children! The Mongol women were busy greeting their children, and they were scrambling to hide them under the wagons and haystacks...... Almost instantly, the peace and tranquility of the grassland were gone.

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"Hah!"

Monk Zhang grabbed the horse's belly with his legs, and the mount under his crotch raised his head and let out a sad hiss, and finally completed the final acceleration, galloping towards the yurt in front of him at great speed.

The cold north wind whistled through the ears, and the earth under his feet receded rapidly like the tide, and suddenly, Monk Zhang had already ridden his horse into the shallow river, and the flying iron hooves splashed the water droplets in the sky, blooming brilliant colors under the illumination of the slanting sun, and then flying in the scorching cold wind, dissipating...... "Yoha!" ”

"Whew!"

A strange shout suddenly sounded from the front, and in the sound of hurried horses' hooves, the six-horseed Mongolian herdsmen had rushed out of the settlement, and lined up towards the dozens of horsemen led by Monk Zhang.

Almost at the same time, dozens of horsemen behind Monk Zhang also took bows and arrows to aim at the Mongolian herdsmen galloping in front, these dozens of horsemen are all born of horse thieves, these guys live a perennial life of licking blood with knives, always wandering on the line of life and death, on riding and archery, they are only stronger than the Mongols.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly approaching, and it was within the range of the bow and arrow.

"Whoosh!"

Dozens of cavalry Ming cavalry and six Mongolian herdsmen almost at the same time to release arrows, in the piercing scream, sharp wolf tooth arrows have been lightning towards each other, six Mongolian herdsmen hurriedly hid in the pedal to try to dodge the arrows shot at themselves, although their riding skills are first-class, but there are still two horses hit three arrows, screaming from the horse's back.

On horseback, Monk Zhang's sturdy figure twisted and flashed strangely, the two sharp arrows that shot at him had missed, and the other four sharp arrows that shot at the cavalry behind him were also easily shot, and dozens of cavalry of the Ming Army were unscathed.

"Hah!"

Monk Zhang let out a loud shout and pulled out a sharp saber.

The two horses can intersect, Monk Zhang suddenly held the reins of the horse with his left hand, the whole person almost leaned out from the horse's back, the right hand holding the saber was pulled out, only to hear an extremely terrible scream, the Mongolian herdsmen who greeted Monk Zhang had been cut into two, the upper half of the body of the Mongolian herdsmen fell heavily on the grass, and the red blood instantly soaked the withered yellow grass under him.

The terrible screams continued to sound, and the remaining three Mongolian herdsmen had been hacked to death by the Ming army without any suspense, the Mongols were indeed brave and good at fighting, but this time they encountered not the ordinary Ming army, the combat effectiveness of this group of Ming troops was far better than the ordinary Ming army in the impression of the Mongolian cavalry.

"Hah!"

Monk Zhang slashed the Mongolian herdsmen with a knife, rode straight forward and never stopped, it had already swept away like a whirlwind, and in an instant, the dozen yurts were already close in front of him, and the ears were full of Mongolian women's panicked cries and children's frightened cries.

Monk Zhang laughed like a beast, his eyes had already revealed a cold killing intention, and suddenly the saber in Monk Zhang's hand was already raised high in the air, and his thunderous voice sounded under the clear blue sky: "Brothers, listen up, kill them all, and leave no chickens and dogs!" ”

(To be continued)