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The army led by Wang Tong was in the steppe...... It was only the third day of the march, and in fact from the afternoon of the second day onwards, the number of scouts and cavalry of the captives began to increase markedly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The cavalry watched from the heights around them, swam around the army, and the distance between the two sides was so far that they could not do anything even if they wanted to, but they could still be driven away without getting too close.

There are 2,000 horses in Jizhen, 1,000 horses in the forbidden army, and nearly 2,000 or nearly 5,000 cavalry in Datong Town, which is enough to form a certain shade, but there are too many exchanges between Datong Town and the Ministry of Datong and the various departments on the grassland, and there are too many chess pieces laid by the prisoners on the Datong side, and it is impossible for such a large-scale army action to hide from the eyes of the other side.

Therefore, there is no need to hide this march, coming out of Datong, since it is to clear the remaining horse thieves, it must be stationed in the area where the horse thieves are frequently dispatched to clear it, and the actions of Wang Tong's army are currently like this.

On the third day, there was even a thousand-strong force watching from afar, and Wang Tong's army marched out of camp as usual and continued to march northward, with the Tartars' scouts and horses moving with them.

At noon, Wang Tong's army was only stationed, the soldiers had food, but they did not set up camp, and after the army continued to act, the law of action of the captives and cavalry around the army began to change.

Most of the scouts galloped in the direction of the north, a few tried to get closer, and the thousand-man team also moved forward.

Wang Tong's army also has its own loitering cavalry activities around it, the range of the two sides is getting closer and closer, it has reached the distance of engagement, the cavalry of the Altan Department has always had a condescending attitude towards the soldiers of Datong Town, they always feel that this Ming army does not dare to do anything, and the bold cavalry even made a provocative move to the wandering Ming cavalry.

The cavalry outside is still a mixture of three parts, the cavalry of Jizhen is very restrained, and the horse team of Datong Town is also very restrained, after all, the news they got is to clear the horse thieves and deter the captives, not to start a war.

The cavalry of the Huwei Army didn't care about this kind of thing at all, they had been killing on the grassland for a few months, and the Tatar cavalry was nothing more than pigs and sheep in their eyes, and when they approached the provocation, they were looking for death, not only the cavalry of the Huwei Army thought so, but even those in Datong Town who had gone to kill with the Huwei Army also thought so.

Approaching the distance to the battle, the Sect Commander was still provocative, and he had already drawn his bow and arrows, otherwise he would suddenly hit his horse and rush up directly with his weapon.

The distance was already short, and there was a fearless mentality, and when the cavalry of the Ming army suddenly moved, it was too late to dodge, and when they heard the screams, more than a dozen people fell off their horses.

As soon as the battle started here, there was no reason for restraint in other places, and the Jizhen cavalry and Datong cavalry all rushed up, and when they were caught off guard, only a few Tartar scouts had time to escape.

After everyone finished killing the enemy, they were a little worried, because this kind of battle was not allowed from above, but the good soldiers of the Huwei army had already dismounted and searched the shoes, but they ignored the level that marked the merits of the battle, but searched for gold and silver and other property, and when the soldiers of Jizhen were despised, they saw that the cavalry of the forbidden army handed over the gold and silver to the officers and unified them to the big camp.

Not long after, the army was still moving, but one of Wang Tong's personal soldiers rode out of the column and shouted loudly: "The flag is victorious, the slasher will be honored, and the handsome will be rewarded!" ”

Each cavalry who killed the enemy got a silver coin, such a regulation, the cavalry from Jizhen and Datong Town are the first time to see, a silver cake up and down, but the shape is very regular, the thickness is symmetrical, very regular small round cake-shaped pastoral, four printed on the word "gong".

Everyone felt that it was rare, and they felt that there were handsome soldiers who came out to shout, and they had all their faces, and their morale couldn't help but be a lot higher.

Wang Tong, as in the previous marches, sat on the top of a carriage, and despite the cold weather, he never moved the enemy, and when he saw the herald of his own soldiers circling around the ranks and shouting, he smiled and said to himself: "From today onwards, the great war will be abandoned!" ”

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In the winter steppe, the activities of herdsmen and cavalry were not frequent, because a thousand troops were completely annihilated, so the Ministry of Alta sent a large number of cavalry to search.

However, the grassland is extremely vast, and each team of cavalry can only be divided into teams of 100 or hundreds of people to search around, although the total number of horsemen active on the grassland is 10,000, but it is extremely scattered.

Taking out a team of 100 and a few hundred people alone, in front of the nearly 5,000 horsemen of the army led by Wang Tong, it is really not worth mentioning, and because the horse thief activities are in the east, these 10,000 horsemen are all operating in the eastern area of the Naturalization City, and the direction of the army led by Wang Tong does not have much strength.

Although the Ministry of Alta is powerful, it is not possible to send 10,000 cavalry to move anytime and anywhere, so many cavalry movements will also consume a lot of supplies, focusing on the east, and the other side cannot be fanfare.

And when Wang Tong led the army out of the fortress, he once made it clear that the army was also to clear the horse thieves, and at the same time deter the activities of the cavalry, judging from the military activities of the Ming Dynasty, and judging from the past performance of the Ming army, this clear indication of communication is not to say to his own family, or to the grassland of the Ministry of Response, this time the dispatch is not an offense to the Ministry of Response, please don't be overly nervous.

Moreover, in the one- to two-day journey from Datong Town, in principle, it can be regarded as a buffer zone between the two sides, and any action on this side is tolerable.

The superposition of various factors made the Ministry of Answers not vigilant enough against Wang Tong's army, and even did not arrange enough forces, but only sent people to monitor them according to the routine.

Wang Tong led the army to the north, the distance within two days was tolerable, and the distance at noon on the third day was a limit, but there was no clear demarcation line on the grassland, and no one was too accurate, and the scouts sent by the Jiao Prisoners only kept an eye on it, and even wanted to use provocations to judge the attitude of the Ming army.

After Wang Tong's side began to kill people, the intentions of this large group of Ming troops could finally be judged and understood, and they wanted to report back to Guihua City and urgently report that this group of Ming troops had bad intentions.

Although there were casualties, until this time, the generals at all levels of the Ministry of Albert were still not nervous, and the Ming army naturally came to the grassland in a daze, so it is no wonder that the warriors on the grassland started the war regardless of the content of the peace agreement, and there was no chance to make a move.

Think about how many times from fifty years ago to the present, the warriors of the Ida Department rushed to the interior of the Ming Dynasty to loot, and even rushed to the Jingshi City, where the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom was located, now is the opportunity to reproduce this glory.

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The intention of the Ming army was determined, and the messengers who reported the news hurried to the city of Guihua, and the news of the Ming army in the past was only reported to the Daru Huachi under the Sangha Du Guleng Khan, but this time, it must be reported to the hands of the Sangha Guleng Khan.

Datong right guard kills the tiger's mouth to the naturalization city less than four hundred miles away, it takes a few days to hurry the horse, the messenger into the city is not one, after entering the city, one side directly went to the palace of the monk Guleng Khan, but the other side went to other places in the city.

In the city of naturalization, in the center of the steppe today, there is only one person who can fight against the monk Guleng, although she lives with the monk Guleng Khan, although she is nominally the concubine of the monk Guleng Khan, she is the third lady.

Because of the favor of the predecessor Altan Khan, the three ladies themselves have the military power of tens of thousands of horsemen, and they have various tribes and nobles who are good at him, after marrying the monk Guleng Khan, it does not mean that her power was annexed, such a form is more similar to mergers and alliances, and the system of the three ladies still exists.

When the news of the Ming army's northward advance, the cavalry below will give a copy to the Great Khan, and will also give a copy to the third lady through other channels.

The last Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, how many years ago, Daluhua Chibalang, who knew about this urgent report, was stunned for a while, and recalled for a long time before thinking that this should be thirty years before the Ming Kingdom.

An army of nearly 30,000 people continued to move in the direction of Naturalization City, even if the messenger was fast, when the letter arrived at Naturalization City, the Ming army should be five days away from Naturalization City.

There should be a 5,000-man team led by Nayan on the road, but the disparity in strength is still too great, and the certainty of defeating the Ming army is not too great, and it may not be able to stop it.

Balang walked in the corridor of the palace, still thinking about whether the five thousand cavalry of Nayan could defeat the Ming army, if it was defeated, I am afraid that one of the six Saidat in the Naturalization City will be added, Saidat is the so-called Captain of Wanfu, one of the most honorable titles on the grassland, and I was just a Saidat under the orthodox inheritance of the Golden Family, Chahar Khan, until this time, he did not regard the Ming army as a big problem.

Altan Khan died at the age of nearly ninety, and his eldest son, the monk Guleng Khan, was also an old man in his early sixties, and like most of the Khan kings of the steppe, he was healthier and stronger than the vast majority of the Mongols.

When the monk Guleng reached this position, he was also older, and he began to like young girls, and also liked the kind of singing and dancing in the Western Regions, and also began to worship the monks, so that he could live longer, and more and more easily appear tired, when Balang asked to see, he was lying in the arms of the favored concubine and napping.

But this news still made the monk Du Guleng furious, and after many years of immediate life, he still retained the acumen and judgment of a general.

The golden arrows of the troops were dispatched, and the cavalry of the various divisions of the Alta Department began to gather.