Seeing the Persian carpet spread on the ground, Zhang Zi'an moved his head, hurriedly lay down on the carpet and rolled himself into the carpet with a roll to the side.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a rush and chaotic footsteps outside the tent.

Someone immediately opened the curtain and entered the tent, Zhang Zi'an didn't know whether it was the Mongols or his own people who entered the tent, and when he was panicking, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Grandpa Zhang? Grandpa Zhang? ”

Isn't this familiar voice the voice of the horse master Wang Pu?

Hearing this voice, Zhang Zi'an, the old eunuch, almost burst into tears, and struggled twice and shouted sharply: "Master Horse, the slave is here." ”

"Oh, father-in-law, how did you get there?" Wang Pu's voice sounded, "Quick, quickly help my father-in-law up." ”

Soon, Zhang Zi'an felt that he was even helped up with a blanket, and the Persian carpet rolled up on his body was also peeled off in a circle, and when the last carpet was finally untied, Zhang Zi'an's eyes suddenly brightened, only to see Wang Pu just standing in the tent for a long time, and Wang Pu was followed by several Ming generals with cold expressions.

"Master Pony." Zhang Zi'an shouted with a crying voice, "You can be regarded as coming, the slave almost won't see you." ”

"It's okay." Wang Pu pretended to persuade, "Gonggong Zhang, the Mongols have been defeated, and now it's fine." ”

Zhang Zi'an said: "Is it really okay?" ”

Wang Puying said: "It's really fine." ”

Zhang Zi'an said: "But the border army brought by the slave maid and the cattle and sheep of the Tumut people......

"Father-in-law, don't worry." Wang Pu smiled, "You might as well go outside the tent and take a look." ”

"Hey, okay."

Zhang Zi'an responded, followed Wang Pu to the outside of the tent, only to see a group of border soldiers marching into the camp in a scattered formation, I don't know where the little eunuch came out of the corner was stunned and asked: "Master Ma, haven't these border troops been chased by the Mongols to the west, why did they come back again?" ”

Wang Pu smiled and said, "Father-in-law, take a look outside." ”

Zhang Zi'an looked in the direction of Wang Pu's finger, and was overjoyed at a glance: "Oh my God, there are so many cattle, sheep and horses!" ”

"Hahaha." Wang Pu laughed and said, "Father-in-law, now these cattle, sheep, livestock, horses, and camels are all yours, and the hundreds of thousands of taels of arrears of the Datong border army have already been settled." ”

When he said this, Wang Pu actually felt a little pity in his heart.

Hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and camels are counted, but these tens of thousands of Mongolian horses are really eye-catching, but Wang Pu also knows that things can't be done too much, in case this old gelding is forced to cross the river and tear down the bridge, and after returning to Datong, it will not be fun to take back the three thousand veterans lent to him.

The time when these three thousand veterans followed Wang Pu was still a little shorter after all, and Wang Pu didn't dare to be careless.

When Zhang Zi'an was overjoyed, Wang Pu said again: "Father-in-law Zhang, I also brought you one thing." ”

Zhang Zi'an asked excitedly: "Master Horse's things, it must be a good thing." ”

Wang Pu turned around and shouted, "Come on, bring things up." ”

A personal soldier had already walked up with a wooden box, and there was a scimitar inlaid with gold and jade on top of the wooden box, and the scimitar knew at a glance that it was not ordinary, Zhang Zi'an narrowed his eyes and asked in a flattering voice: "Master Horse, this is what you sent to the slave?" ”

Wang Pu instructed his soldiers: "Open it, please take a look at it." ”

"Yes."

The soldier agreed, removed the scimitar and opened the wooden box, a pungent smell of lime came to his face, Zhang Zi'an was startled when he saw it, and said in a comfortable voice: "People...... Head? ”

"Yes, head." Wang Pu said solemnly, "Gonggong Zhang, this is the head of Tumut Khan, and this scimitar is Tumut Khan's saber. ”

Zhang Zi'an said happily: "The master of the horse said that this is the head of Tumut Khan?" ”

Wang Pu smiled slightly, and then said: "In the first month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Gonggong Zhang, you received a secret report that the Tumut Department suffered a natural disaster and could not survive the winter, and it was possible to destroy the pass and invade Datong in the first month. ”

Wang Pu's meaning couldn't be more obvious, he made it clear that he wanted to give Zhang Zi'an this great credit.

In fact, this is also what the two of them said at the beginning, Wang Pu didn't plan to ask for this credit, he just wanted the three thousand Datong veterans, and it may not be a good thing for this credit to fall on Wang Pu, Emperor Chongzhen was suspicious, and if it wasn't for Wang Pu's two big troubles in Beijing last time, he might have been under house arrest by now.

"This and this, this ......" Zhang Zi'an's old face was already red with excitement, and he said incoherently, "Master Horse, what do you want our family to say, this is really, really, too good." ”

When Zhang Zi'an was so happy that he didn't know how to do it, Zhen Youcai came to the camp under the protection of more than a dozen cavalry.

Facing Wang Pu and Zhang Zi'an, Zhen Youcai hugged his fists and said: "See the general, see Gonggong Zhang." ”

Wang Pu waved his hand and asked, "How is the matter investigated?" ”

Zhen Youcai said: "The humble position has been investigated, and this group of Mongolian cavalry is indeed Korqin. ”

"Is it really Korqin?" Wang Pu frowned and said, "Our army's surprise attack and naturalization didn't even know about the Tumut people in advance, and it is even more impossible for the Horqin people to know, Zhang Gonggong's army only arrived in the Horqin Sea today, even if the Horqin people know the news in time, it will take at least two days for them to send troops to arrive here, how can this time be wrong?" ”

Zhen Youcai turned his head to look at Zhang Zi'an and said, "I have to ask Father-in-law Zhang about this." ”

Zhang Zi'an looked embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Master Horse, isn't the slave worried about your safety, so I rushed to the sea with the army two days in advance to meet you." ”

"That's it." Zhen Youcai paused and said, "Gonggong Zhang led the army to the sea two days in advance, which means that the time for the Horqin people to know the news was two days earlier than we expected, and with these two days, it was enough for the standing iron cavalry of the Horqin people to rush to the sea of Xianqi." ”

Wang Puqiang held back the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the plan is going to be adjusted." ”

Wang Pu's original complete plan was this, first surprise attack and naturalization, and then drive the Tumuts to the east, and join forces with Zhang Zi'an's army in the area of the Shohai Sea to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the Tumuts.

The Horqin people will definitely not sit idly by after knowing the news, and when the Horqin army arrives at the Dyinghai Sea, Wang Pu and Zhang Zi'an have already returned south with a large number of booty, of course the Horqin people will not give up, they will definitely follow the pursuit, Wang Pu happened to rely on the Great Wall in the area of Mida Mountain to fight a hard-fought decisive battle with the Horqin cavalry!

This decisive battle is the highlight of Wang Pu's whole plan, and he wants to purge his 3,000 veterans and 800 horse thieves through this decisive battle, transforming them from a group of veteran ruffians who are accustomed to running away and a group of free and loose horse thieves into disciplined and hard-fought predators.

Because Wang Pu knew that if he could defeat the Horqin cavalry in a hard-fought head-on battle, the self-confidence of these veteran ruffians and horse thieves would be greatly improved, and only when their confidence was strengthened, when they faced the Jiannu cavalry next spring, they would not fall into disadvantage in momentum.

But now, because Zhang Zi'an sent troops two days ahead of schedule, Wang Pu's plan was completely disrupted!

Zhen Youcai said: "General, since the vanguard cavalry of the Horqin people has appeared, then their brigade is only afraid that it is not far from here, and it is estimated that it will not take more than three days at most for their brigade to arrive, and the current situation is that our army still has more than a dozen hundred-man teams scattered on the grassland, and Zhang Gonggong also has thousands of defeated troops who have not been gathered, and there are as many as hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses scattered on the grassland and have not returned. ”

Wang Pu nodded and said: "The scattered hundred-man team and the rout army can be collected soon, but if you want to collect all the cattle and sheep abandoned by the Tumuts, it is impossible to collect them in two days." ”

Zhen Youcai said: "What's worse is that after bringing these nearly a million cattle, sheep and livestock, the speed of our army's march is bound to be greatly affected, and I think that it will take at least three days to return to the Mituo Mountain Pass from the Amakihai Sea, which means that we will need five full days to return to the south of the Great Wall, but the cavalry of the Horqin people will catch up with us within three days." ”

Zhang Zi'an was so frightened that his face turned white, and he said in a trembling voice: "What can I do?" ”

Zhen Youcai said in a deep voice: "Now we only have two ways to go, one is to give up all the cattle, sheep and horses, and return to the division of Datong immediately after gathering men and horses, so that we can still return to the south of the Great Wall before the Horqin cavalry of the brigade catches up; The second is to collect and bring all the cattle, sheep and horses, but at that time, the Horqin cavalry of the brigade also arrived at the sea of Xianqi, so we will stay here and wait for death! ”

Zhang Zi'an didn't want to stay here and wait for death, nor did he want to give up the cattle, sheep and horses in his hands, so he couldn't say: "Mr. Zhen, is there no other way?" ”

Zhen Youcai smiled bitterly: "I think there is no other way." ”

"Nope." Wang Pu suddenly said, "We still have a third way!" ”

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

Zhen Youcai and Zhang Zi'an turned their heads to look at Wang Pu at the same time, but their expressions were different, Zhen Youcai was surprised, but Zhang Zi'an was secretly happy.

Wang Pu said coldly: "We can't leave the cattle and sheep in our hands, and we can't stay here and wait for death." ”

Zhang Zi'an asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

"It's simple." An inexplicable scorching heat flashed in Wang Pu's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Attack Sanbulachuan!" ”

"Ahh Attack the Sanbula River? ”

"This ......"

Zhen Youcai and Zhang Zi'an looked at each other, they couldn't believe their ears, you must know that Sanbula River is the location of the Khan Court of the Horqin people, and the strength of the Horqin people is far stronger than that of the Tumuts, and more importantly, if you attack Sanbula River now, it is no longer a surprise attack, but a frontal attack!

"General." Zhen Youcai asked cautiously, "You don't really want to attack Sanbulachuan, do you?" ”

"Why isn't it true?" Wang Pu asked rhetorically, Huo Ran turned to Zhang Zi'an and said, "Father-in-law Zhang, there is no other choice now, only by taking the initiative to attack Sanbula River can the Horqin cavalry be lured away, and father-in-law, you will have time to calmly collect the cattle and sheep of the Tumut people, and then return to Datong safely." ”

"This ......" Zhang Zi'an finally said a word of conscience, "Master Ma, you don't have to lead the troops in person, anyway, you don't really want to attack Sanbulachuan, it's just to lure away the Horqin cavalry, so the slave maid thinks that it is enough to send a capable general to lead the troops." ”

"No, I'm not at ease sending someone else." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "I must personally lead the troops there." ”

"This ......," Zhang Zi'an was stunned when he heard this, and said dryly, "Then the slave and maid wish the horse master a victory." ”

Wang Pu waved his hand to Zhang Zi'an, and said solemnly: "Father-in-law Zhang, I have taken my leave." ”

Zhang Zi'an hurriedly said: "The slave and maid will send the concubine." ”

"No need." Wang Puhuoran raised his hand and said, "Father-in-law, let's quickly arrange for people to gather cattle, sheep and livestock." ”

"Then ......," Zhang Zi'an retreated and said, "You must be careful on the road." ”

Wang Pu waved his hand again, turned around and walked away.

When Wang Pu walked away, Zhang Zi'an pulled down his face and shouted sharply: "Someone is coming." ”

The little eunuch who was waiting with the army entered the tent and asked in a charming voice: "Godfather, what do you have the old man's orders?" ”

Zhang Zi'an said hatefully: "Call those few useless things to our family." ”

The little eunuch was stunned and said, "Godfather, what are the useless things?" ”

"Bastard!" Zhang Zi'an said angrily, "Except for those lieutenant generals, staff generals and guerrillas who will only take the lead in escaping, who else?" Are you trying to be angry with our family? ”

"Ah, no, no, my son never dared to have such thoughts, so my son will go and call Vice General Li here."

The little eunuch shook his hands and fled.

(To be continued)