Chapter 48 Yue Shuai sent troops

"How so, this ...... How can this be...... Qing family, you see...... What do you think you have to do......"

Yue Su Yu studied and presented the urgent documents to Zhang Yan for a look, and after Zhang Yan read it, she was so frightened that her face was discolored.

Not to mention that Zhang Yan was a little panicked, in fact, after Yue Su read this urgent document, he was also a little panicked. But he is a man, he is the minister of Tuogu, he is the first assistant of the court, and the optimus prime of the court, and now Zhang Yan has no idea, if he also shows a panicked appearance, then he must not kill the orphans and widows in a hurry.

At that moment, Yue Su took out a calm look and said: "The emperor and the queen mother, don't panic, even if the Tartars enter the customs, they are nothing, there are ministers, and they will never let the Tartars step into the capital for half a step." Not only that, if he leaves quickly now, he can still get out of the way, and if he doesn't know what to do, the minister will definitely tell him to come and go. ”

"Aiqing, can you really be sure of this...... Now Yue Su has become Zhang Yan's backbone, Yue Su can say this, Zhang Yan's eyes are bright, and Zhang Yan's heart has also let go a lot.

"The minister is absolutely sure of this." Yue Su said affirmatively.

"That's good, if there is a Qing family, the mourning family will be relieved. In fact, as long as you can keep the Beijing Division, it is better than anything else......" Zhang Yan knows the power of the Tartars, the last time the Tartars entered the customs, they can be described as invincible, and they turned around several times outside Beijing, and no one dared to fight. Therefore, it is enough for her to be able to keep the capital.

"The minister not only wants to keep the capital, but also to protect the hundreds of millions of Li people of my Ming Dynasty, the Tartars enter my rivers and mountains, if they are allowed to burn and loot unscrupulously, what face does the minister have to face the emperor and the first emperor, and he is also sorry for the people of the Ming Dynasty. Not only that, if my Ming doesn't teach the Tartars a lesson, the Tartars really think that my Ming will only rely on the Great Wall to defend and not attack. It's hard to say what they will do even more. Therefore, the minister intended to ask for his life, personally commanded the army, and went to fight to the death with the Tartars. Yue Su said firmly. What he said is very reasonable, and now the commander of the army and the Tartars can still take the initiative, if they are forced to fight a decisive battle in the future, it is very likely to fall behind. At present, there is no food inside the Tartars, and resources are scarce, and it is absolutely impossible to leave easily when entering the customs this time, as Yue Su said, it is difficult to say what he will do.

"Aiqing, the mourning family has heard that the Tartar cavalry is fighting in the plains, it is very powerful, we want to deal with them, we can only stick to the fortified city, this time we take the initiative to send troops, I am afraid that we are not very sure. Once there is a mistake, what is it okay? Zhang Yan's words also have her reasons, she is afraid, Yue Su sent troops this time, if he is defeated, not only will it damage morale, but more importantly, there are not many main forces in the imperial court, some are in Japan, some are in Liaodong, and there are only so many people who can do it now. If it is destroyed by the Tartars all of a sudden, the Tartars will take advantage of the situation to attack Beijing, how to defend it.

"The queen mother can rest assured that the reason why the minister dares to take the initiative to ask for help is also a certain certainty. Moreover, the current situation does not allow the minister to send troops. Yue Su said.

"That'...... All right... When the Qing family goes, you must be careful, if the battle situation is unfavorable, remember to return to Beijing as soon as possible. On the Jingshi side, he is still counting on the Qing family. "Don't look at the past, Zhang Yan would occasionally calculate Yue Su, but when it came to the critical moment, she didn't worry about anyone, she only believed in Yue Su.

"Wechen obeys." Yue Su owes his body to receive the order, then stands up, comes to the middle, bows down and says: "The emperor, the queen mother, the so-called rescue of soldiers is like fighting fires, this matter is not to be delayed, and I also ask the emperor to immediately issue an order to order the ministers to send troops." ”

"Good! The mourning family will preach the decree. ”

The matter of making a holy decree is no different from writing a bookmark for these people in the imperial study. Asking for the will, Yue Su returned to the cabinet, although the ministers did not see the content of the six hundred li urgency, but the soldier's voice was so loud just now, it had already alarmed the adults, and as soon as they inquired about it, they would know the approximately.

At the moment, these people are in a hurry, and they don't know what to do, but when they saw Lord Yue coming back, they hurriedly asked what to do. Yue Su told them that he had now asked for his will, and he had decided to personally send troops to defend against the Tartars. Hearing that Lord Yue had gone in person, they were relieved.

It's okay for the ministers to govern the country, but if they fight, they don't have much ability, and Yue Su doesn't have to discuss with them, but Jiang Jie went to Japan, and all the strategies had to be decided by himself.

This time, Lord Yue was in charge of the military affairs of the six provinces again, and hung up the title of the Ministry of War, he thought about it, and the first thing he did was naturally to transfer troops. The cabinet drafted a decree to order Mao Youjian to transfer all the sailors back, and now there is no need to go to Liaodong to harass him, hurry to the Yellow River, hold the various ferries of the Yellow River, and prohibit the Tartars from crossing the river, and the speed must be fast, be sure to rush to the Tartars before they go north, if they are one step late, let the Tartars cross the river, and they will not be forgiven.

This is the first will. The second decree was to order Sima Qiaoyu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, to transfer 40,000 troops to the north bank of the Yellow River as soon as possible, and if he encountered a Tartar, even if he died, he would stop the Tartar. The third decree was given to Wu Rumeng, the governor of Shandong, to lead an army of 50,000 to Shanxi, and the faster the better. The fourth will is given to the generals who guard Tongguan, break through the sky Liu Guoneng, let him desperately hold Tongguan, and never let the Tartars enter Henan. And the will is clearly written, after receiving the decree, Tongguan must not be opened again, no matter who wants to enter and exit, it is not allowed, this is to prevent the Tartars from mixing into the city, and the inside and outside should be combined.

Liu Guoneng was originally a general of Liukou, and he was the first to accept the appeasement, but Xiong Wencan recruited An at that time. During the battle with the Liukou, this guy was conscientious, and Yue Su would not treat this kind of general badly, not only let him manage the Liukou soldiers and horses in Shaanxi, but also handed over Tongguan to him, and he would guard it. Because he wanted to guard Tongguan, he didn't go to Japan.

The four wills were issued, and Yue Su was not idle, and immediately dispatched troops on the side of Beizhili. He gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses, and selected a cadre of generals from the Governor's Mansion, which Li Dingguo had to bring. For this kid, Yue Su is very fond of him, when Yuan Chonghuan rebelled, he once let him take the lead, this time as usual, Yue Su let him be the vanguard, commanded 10,000 troops, set off first, rushed to Shanxi, and Sima Qiaoyu converged.

Followed by Yue Su's pro-command of 40,000 troops, and rushed to Shanxi.

Speaking of Huang Taiji's side, that day relied on the strategy of internal and external cooperation, captured the three passes, and after the army entered the city, it swept the three passes. Although the Great Wall is dangerous, it is only external, and the Tartars fight from the inside, which is not easy.

Won the three passes, Huang Taiji did not give up the pass, it is not easy to come by himself, this pass, he must guard it first, who knows what will happen in the future. So, he asked Belle Shuotuo to lead 7,000 troops to defend the three passes, and he led the Manchurian and Mongolian coalition forces to attack Yinchuan.

Zhao Tingzhang, the governor of Ningxia sitting in Yinchuan, had learned that the three passes were lost, and he did not dare to send troops to fight the Tartars head-on, so he had to mobilize troops and horses to defend the city. There are also a lot of soldiers and horses in Ningxia, more than 60,000 people, although some scattered, but many of them gathered in Yinchuan about 40,000 people. Plains and Tartars decisive battle, they don't have that ability, but defend the city, there is no problem, Yinchuan City was in the Song Dynasty period, on the capital of Western Xia, the city wall is thick, although it was said that it was bloodbathed by the Mongols, but after the opening of the Ming Dynasty, Yinchuan was designated as a nine-sided town, and the city was rebuilt. The current Yinchuan City can be described as impregnable, although the Tartars are strong, how can the siege of the city not be a strong point, and they have not won it after several attacks.

Huang Taiji didn't have time to toss here, and when he saw that he couldn't capture it, he led the army eastward, burned and looted all the way, and entered the territory of Shaanxi. Huang Taiji brought a lot of troops this time, his own troops, the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Han are counted, there can be 100,000 people, and the Mongolian side, all the departments do not dare to disobey their orders head-on, they all send troops one after another, and they also have nearly 100,000 people. At the beginning, the morale of the Mongol army was very low, thinking that it was impossible to break through the Great Wall, this time, I am afraid that not only will it run in vain, but the food brought by Huang Taiji will be small, and when the time comes, it will not be able to capture the city, and I don't know how many casualties will be killed. However, when they entered the three passes, the spiritual head immediately came, and there was no obstacle on the road ahead, and this time, it seemed that they were going to make a windfall again.

The 200,000 Manchurian and Mongolian coalition troops, no matter where they go, are like a whirlwind and clouds, except for the house that cannot be taken away, other things, whether people or things, as long as they can be taken away, all have been robbed. Even if you can't take it away, you have to burn it if you can. It can be said that it is so cruel.

On this day, the army came to Yan'an Mansion, and the people around Yan'an had received news that those who could enter the city had entered the city one after another, and those who could not enter the city also fled elsewhere. But the Tartar march, as last time, sent Zilharang to lead the light cavalry in front, responsible for plundering, and the army in the rear, and those who were slower could not escape their clutches.

Zilharang's troops swept through the villages and towns around Yan'an Prefecture, and after he robbed everything he could, he ordered to camp outside the city and wait for Huang Taiji's army.

Huang Taiji soldiers arrived, they had to send troops to attack the city, there were not many soldiers and horses in Yan'an Mansion, but no matter how you said it, it was also a city of Fu, there were still thousands of people, and they held on for seven days, and finally the city was broken. Entering Yan'an City, it only took two days for Tartar to rob Yan'an from the bottom. Yan'an can be regarded as an important place in Shaanxi, with Chang'an in the south and Shanxi in the east.

In the yamen of the prefect of Yan'an City, Huang Taiji summoned a group of princes under him, Baylor, to hold a meeting here to study the next plan. Now there are two options, one is to enter Shanxi, then go north, hit Beijing, and the other is to go south to Chang'an.

Everyone discussed it and agreed that Shaanxi is too poor to grab too many good things, Chang'an is an important town, and now there must be preparations, and it is more difficult to attack. Compared with attacking Chang'an, it should be the best choice to cross the Yellow River in the east, enter Shanxi, and then go north to Beijing.

Seeing that everyone thought that it was better to go to Shanxi, Huang Taiji ordered that Jierharang lead the soldiers and horses to continue to act as the front and march east to Shanxi.

Prince Zheng Jilharang received the order and marched eastward with his headquarters with a blue banner and 15,000 Mongol soldiers. Normally, from Yan'an to the Yellow River, it is only more than 100 miles, if you are in a hurry, you can arrive in one day's effort. However, if you don't grab something and capture some prisoners on the road, can you still be considered a Tartar?

More than 20,000 people, burning, killing and looting all the way, everywhere they passed, there were only rats or something, and the speed was naturally not fast. Moreover, after robbing a place, he left the prisoners and belongings, ordered a few soldiers to guard it, and waited until Huang Taiji arrived and handed it over to Huang Taiji. In this way, it took three days to reach the bank of the Yellow River. Another of his tasks was to erect a pontoon bridge for the passage of the army behind.

This kind of work is relatively easy, people who often march will do it, busy for half a day, a total of six pontoon bridges have been built, his little people, in fact, three pontoon bridges are enough, but Huang Taiji has many people, less is definitely not enough.

The pontoon bridge was erected, the soldiers and horses crossed the river, and someone was sent to report to Huang Taiji. Crossing the Yellow River, Zilharang did not continue to advance, but set up camp on the spot, waiting for Huang Taiji's army.

The soldiers built a pontoon bridge, were busy for most of the day, ate in the evening, drank a little wine, and all lay down to rest. Zilharang was also a relatively cautious person, but the army came all the way without encountering the slightest resistance, and it was inevitable that some enemies would be lightly attacked, and it was expected that the Ming army would not dare to fight him. But, then again, it's true. Whether it was the last time they entered the customs or this time, they basically took the initiative to attack the Ming army, and the Ming army only passively defended the city and did not dare to fight in the field.

And this time crossing the Yellow River, it is simply very easy, and it seems that it will not be a problem to hit Beijing in one go. At night, he arranged for some Mongol soldiers to patrol, and the rest of the soldiers and horses rested when it was time to rest.

In the middle of the night, the Tartar camp was quiet, except for a few Mongol soldiers standing at the camp gate.

"This Jurchen is too bullying, building pontoon bridges during the day, basically our people are busy, and their people are looking for a shady place to rest. , Standing guard at night, it turned out to be us, their people went to sleep. No matter how good things have become, they have become theirs. One of the Mongolian soldiers said dissatisfied.

"Brother, don't let the Jurchens hear this, otherwise, our heads will have to move. Our Mongolian tribes are in their own way, and the Jurchens are unified in command, no matter which tribe they are, they are not the opponents of the Jurchens. There is no choice but to listen to others. However, if it is said that it is a night patrol, there is nothing to patrol, the Ming people are cowards, so they can cats in the city, how dare they really fight with us on the plains. The people inside seem to be asleep, and I don't know if I want to go tomorrow, I think we will also take the time to sleep for a while, and the province will not have the energy tomorrow. Another Mongol soldier said.

"It's also said, you can't even see a ghost shadow in this place, where did the Ming army come from. What's more, even if there were, I don't believe they would dare to come and fight. If we dare to fight, we don't have to wait for now, wouldn't it be better if we fought when we crossed the river. ”

"Yes. Sit down and sleep for a while, I was trapped to death after a busy day's work. The Mongol soldier spoke, yawned, sat down, leaned against the fence, and began to sleep.

Several other soldiers were also sleepy, and none of them wanted to sleep in the middle of the night. For a moment, one by one, they all sat down and fell asleep against the fence.

Three watches.

There were three groups of men and horses, coming from three directions, south, south, and south, stealthily approaching this side.

These troops, all cavalry, could have 3,000 men on each road. On the east side of the road, the leaders are Li Dingguo and Tieqiu; On the other side of the East Road, it is Sima Qiaoyu; On the other side of the South Road, there are golden cicadas and tigers.

These three groups of people and horses are all human titles, and the horses pick up the bells and do not make any sound. The three armies marched at about the same speed, and Li Dingguo's road stopped when they were still two miles away from the Tartar camp.

There are very few stars tonight, the moon is not very bright, and it is late at night, so the visual distance is very short. Li Dingguo whispered: "What time is it now?" ”

"It's supposed to be the third watch." A colonel said.

"Okay, if you want to come to the other two ways, you should also arrive. The big guy is ready for battle. Li Dingguo said in a small voice.

The people around him didn't answer, they all nodded.

Subsequently, Li Dingguo urged the horse, and slowly moved forward, trying not to make a sound. Getting closer and closer to the Tartar camp, the Mongol soldiers who were keeping vigil slept in Zhengxiang, and they didn't notice that the enemy was coming. By the time he was still more than 100 steps away from the camp, Li Dingguo could already vaguely see where the enemy camp was. He smiled slightly, raised the bright silver spear in his hand, and said loudly: "Brothers, the enemy is killed tonight, follow me!" ”

The voice settled, and he knocked his feet on the horse's belly, and the white dragon horse under his crotch "swished" to the ground, and then ran out. Tie Qi followed, and the other Ming troops rushed forward.

As soon as the speed of the Ming army was fast, the sound of horses' hooves immediately sounded, and the Mongolian soldiers heard the sound, but as soon as they opened their eyelids, they saw a bright spear stabbing over.

"Ahh

As the first scream sounded, the earth-shattering shouts of killing also rang out.

"Rush!" "Kill!" "Kill all the Tartars!" ……

The Ming army roared into the camp, followed by the lighting of torches, saw the tent, and threw the torches over. The Tartar soldiers were all sleeping, because it was summer, and they were not wearing armor, they were all bare-chested, and when they heard the voice, they came out in a hurry, and they were greeted by cold sabers.

The sound of shouting and killing and screaming were mixed in the camp, except for the direction where the Yellow River was located in the west, the other three sides were constantly shouting and killing.

How could such a loud voice alarm Zilharang, who was sleeping in his tent, and like an ordinary soldier, without armor, got up in a hurry, put on a piece of clothing, and ran out with a large knife.

"Something's wrong! Something is wrong! As soon as he came out of the tent, he cried out with a loud voice.

As far as the eye can see, there is firelight everywhere, and the slow ears are full of shouts and killings.

"Lord Qiqi, it seems that the Ming army robbed the camp." One of the Tartar soldiers guarding the tent hurriedly replied.

"Don't panic, lead my horse quickly, follow me to resist!" Zilharang shouted.

"Yes, lord."

The soldier galloped and led Zilharang's horse, and he turned on his horse and shouted to his men to prepare for battle. But before he could gather many people, he saw a naked Tartar soldier running from the east, and this guy shouted loudly: "The prince is not good, the Ming army has come from the east, and the brothers have not had time to get on their horses, so they have been cut and killed, and now there are countless casualties." At this moment, the Ming army is rushing towards the Chinese military tent. ”

"Don't panic, there are not many people in the Ming Army, I am a warrior of the Eight Banners, all brave, how can I be afraid of these Ming people!"

As soon as Jilharang's words were finished, another Tartar soldier ran over from the north, "The prince is not good, the Ming army has killed from the north, and the brothers have not had time to get on their horses, so they can't resist at all, and there are countless casualties at this moment." The Ming army is rushing towards the side of the Chinese military tent. ”

"What?" Upon hearing this, Zilharang was visibly nervous.

But then, another Mongol came to the south, and he also shouted: "Lord, the big thing is not good, the Ming army is killing from the south, and my people have no time to get on their horses, so they will be cut and killed, and they can't resist at all." At this moment, the Ming army is rushing towards the Chinese military tent. ”

Hearing this succession of reports, Zilharang clenched his fists tightly and said, "Withdraw with me to the west to the pontoon bridge, but no one is allowed to cross the bridge, and hold the pontoon bridge for me." Asseji, you cross the river now, inform the emperor, and ask him to come with reinforcements quickly, once the pontoon bridge is demolished, they will not be able to cross. ”

Asseji was the leader of Zilharan's guard, and he immediately took the order and rode to the west. Zilharang also hurriedly commanded his men and horses to retreat to the west.

The camp on the west side was not damaged because there was no sneak attack by the Ming army. These soldiers, hearing the shouts of killing, came out to check one after another, and learned that it was a sneak attack by the Ming army, so they all carried weapons and mounted their horses to prepare for battle. Soon, Zilharang rushed over with a part of the soldiers, commanded the soldiers, and continued to retreat to the west, defending the pontoon bridge, and fighting against the water.

They retreated to the west, Li Dingguo, Sima Qiaoyu, Jin Chan's three-way men and horses were also killing this side, in addition to them, in addition to the establishment of the Tartar camp, it was also the Ming army that was blazing and overwhelming, rushing to this side. However, most of them are infantry, and their speed is inevitably much worse.

This is the follow-up reinforcements.

Not only were there people on the road, but on the Yellow River, there were also hundreds of warships heading in the direction of the Tartar camp. The first flagship was an English sea ship, and on the watchtower of the warship, there were two people, one was Mao Youjian, and the other was Yue Su.

Yue Su tonight, wearing a golden helmet, gold armor, and a scarlet cloak, he looked majestic. The flagship was fast, facing the breeze on the river, and the cloak fluttered behind.

The Ming army that attacked secretly set fire to the Tartar camp, and the fire became bigger and bigger, and it was clear on the river. Yue Su looked at the enemy camp that was blazing in the sky, his face was full of smug smiles, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the Tartar military camp, and said: "Dare to burn and loot in the hinterland of my Ming Dynasty, tonight, it is your sacrifice day." Ben Shuai will call you, you can't come and go. It's just you, and Huang Taiji, who hasn't come yet, I want him to pay for his blood debt. ”

"The marshal uses soldiers like a god, although the Tatar cavalry is fierce, but it is only rampant outside the pass, and entering the Central Plains is equivalent to entering the palm of the marshal's hand. Even if you have the ability to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace, you can't fly out. Mao Youjian said flatteringly. wW