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Chapter 743: The army is on its own flank

After leaving the mountains, the horses were running for half a day, and there was a large military camp in the Tartars, which were actually the three tribes that were originally attached to the Chahar tribe, and were now arranged here, and this Tartar military camp had more than 5,000 cavalry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

From the right guard of Datong to Guihua City, this journey, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are familiar and can not be more familiar, the army led by Wang Tong naturally knows the existence of these five thousand Tartar cavalry, and even knows that this cavalry leader is Nayan Hai Rigu, it is said that he is the cousin of Altan Khan, and is the cousin of Guleng Khan of the current Sangdu.

Hairigu means sparrowhawk in Mongolian, and it is generally only the brave and brave people who are qualified to use it, of course, with such a noble bloodline, there is naturally no need to consider so much in the name.

After pulling out the camp today, the army led by Wang Tong moved slower than in the past, and the side van formation of Jizhen walked in the forefront, wrapping the grain and grass and a cadre of soldiers.

With such an arrangement, the chariot formation can be deployed at any time, and the mountainous valley here is wide enough, and the chariot array also has room to expand, and the reason why it is necessary to be ready for engagement is because from today onwards, it will enter the range of cavalry activities led by Hai Rigu, and it may start a battle in the mountains at any time.

But until they got out of the mountains, except for the Tartar scouts who followed and watched from afar, the Tatars did not send any brigades, and before they were about to leave the mountains, the Ming army's scouts reported that there were a large number of cavalry waiting outside the mountains.

"Order, each team rests for a while, there is an enemy outside the mountain, prepare for battle"

Wang Tong rode on his horse and said loudly, and the heralds and guards around him agreed in unison, and ran towards the teams, one after another orders were given, and the marching teams stopped.

Yang Jin, Ma Yong and others are all following Wang Tong, they are also experienced in the battlefield, Wang Tong's response and command in the past few days are all decent, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The order was given, Wang Tong turned over and dismounted, took out a piece of bread from the saddle and broke it for the mount to eat, before the battle, let the mount rest, feed some hard material so that it has sufficient physical strength, this is not an old cavalry who has been on horseback for a long time, he may not know this truth, Yang Jin saw it and nodded.

Wang Tong said with a smile:

"The day before yesterday, I heard them say that Hai Rigu means sparrowhawk, only smart people can have this name, and now I look at it, this Hai Rigu is at least not stupid"

Before the battle, he was relaxed, this was a real general's demeanor, Yang Jin admired it in his heart, and said with a smile:

"The marshal praises this Tartar army general for not being stupid, how can you say this?"

"Our news, this Tartar army general should have known two days ago, if you want to engage in battle, you can meet everywhere in this day, but this army will wait outside the mountain, now it is less than an hour and a half before dark, we have walked for a day, he can also be regarded as a leisurely waiting, and in this mountain, the cavalry can not be deployed, even if it is rushing, it can only be a head-on collision, to fight here, it is not good for him, go out of the mountain, the grassland is wide, naturally suitable for the horse team to maneuver, you can find a gap and attack."

Speaking of this, he paused, walking in the mountains, the sun in the west was obscured by the mountains, making the mountains look a little dim, Wang Tong looked at the sunlight behind the mountain, roughly estimated, and said again:

"If you are not mistaken, the large formation of the Tartar cavalry should be on the west side, so that we are facing the daylight."

No wonder Qi Dashuai chose Wang Tong to entrust his wishes, at this age there is such an understanding of the battlefield, it is indeed amazing, Yang Jin, the deputy general of Jizhen Division, thinks so, of course he doesn't know, Wang Tong can be regarded as Yu Dayou's closed disciple, and the teaching of these generals around Tan Lun is also extremely useful.

After getting along these days, Yang Jin's perception has changed little by little, and he has become more and more identified with the identity of Wang Tong as the coach, and asked again:

"In that case, how should the marshal deal with it?"

"They're lining up in the west, we're just going to take ours, we're in a good car, if they want to hit it, let's hit it."

Before leaving the mountain pass, the reconnaissance cavalry reported to Wang Tong's side, and the cavalry brigade of the Tartars was indeed lined up in the west, and the Jizhen brigade changed again, and the side vans began to become two columns, and the vans were erected near the outside, and behind each car, there were foot soldiers and firearms to follow up.

The horse team has become a column, walking between two columns of side vans, and the convoy of the Huwei Army is placed at the back, although the impression of the main general and the horse team of Jizhen on the Huwei Army has changed, but the real enemy is in front, and the Huwei Army is still placed in the formation, which has a meaning of protection.

Except for the horses pulling the cart, the soldiers of the horse team all dismounted and led the horses, and when they walked for most of the day, the battle was imminent, and the horsepower must be saved.

As in Saiwai, Hu Weijun set up a watchtower on a modified cart, and some guards climbed onto the watchtower, while Wang Tong stood on the carriage of the cart.

This kind of scene has indeed not been seen by a cadre from Jizhen and Datong Town, and the soldiers frequently look back, and the generals scold loudly while also looking back, feeling rare and fresh.

In addition to feeling rare, a little pondering, everyone has to admit that this watchtower is indeed convenient, out of the mountains, the field of vision has gradually emptied, climb high and look far away, which can indeed make people see more information.

"Is it really a van? Are the soldiers and horses from Jizhen really coming? ”

In this position, what you actually see is a moving wooden wall, which is connected by carts, and there are cavalry of the Ming army cruising outside this array.

The Tatars in the Ming Dynasty have a lot of detailed work, there are also a lot of Han people in the Tartars, they know very much about the various border towns of the Ming Dynasty, as early as when the army went out of the fortress, Hai Rigu knew that there were soldiers and horses from Ji Town, but the army of the Ming Dynasty went deep into this distance, and had not seen it for decades or even hundreds of years.

The main general is still like this, and the military academy soldiers below are even more surprised, there has been a commotion in the array of the Tartar cavalry, and Hai Rigu is also alarmed by this noise, and said:

"Calm down, don't mess around, and all those who make noise will be killed."

After he said this, there was immediately an angry scolding and reprimand in the array, and the generals were being subdued, and the mount under Hai Rigu was a little anxious, and Hai Rigu stroked the horse's neck with his hand, while staring at the Ming army's brigade.

Hai Rigu is also in his early fifties, if he does not wear the armor on his body, only wears a leather robe, most people will think that he is just an old herdsman who has worked hard all his life, thin, and the wrinkles on his face are like knives and axes, but Hai Rigu followed Altan Khan to the east and west when he was fifteen years old, exterminated Wuliangha, chased Chahar, defeated Horqin, and went south to the Ming Dynasty several times, he has participated, and people have fought more battles, and his temperament is calm.

The monk Guleng arranged for him to guard the southern gate of the Naturalization City, because he took a fancy to his experience and calmness on the battlefield.

In the battle of Xuanfu, Wanhu Najit suffered heavy losses, and he was afraid of being punished by the monk Guleng, so he betrayed the Ministry of Ota and defected to Horqin, and then the whole army was wiped out on the side of Gubeikou.

The loss outside the Xuanfu, Najit kept it secret very well, everyone knew that he had heavy losses, but few people knew how this loss was caused, but the people in the Ministry of Answering knew that the fiasco in Gubei was bait by the forbidden army, and the army of Jizhen and Xuanfu attacked together to annihilate Najit's part.

In this kind of news, Wang Tong and Huweijun are very unnoticed, and many people think from the battle in Gubeikou that Wanhu Najit suffered heavy losses outside Xuanfu, and there will be the participation of Jizhen soldiers and horses.

Even if there is an occasional truth coming out, such as making good use of firearms and using a cart as a shelter for the forbidden army, it is difficult for everyone to believe that this tactic is too much like Jizhen's partial van tactics, and Wang Tong, an emperor's favored minister, relies on all kinds of tricks to win the favor of Emperor Wanli, how can he also make achievements in military affairs.

"My lord, do you just let the Ming army pass?"

A commander on the side said in a rough voice, Hai Rigu didn't pay attention to it at all, the thousand commander said again, Hai Rigu looked back, raised his horsewhip and pointed over there and said:

"Will your horse be able to jump over those wooden walls?"

Looking in the direction of the horsewhip, the commander shook his head, those wooden walls were almost one and a half people high, and the Mongolian horses had no explosive power, so naturally they couldn't.

The Ming army brigade walked unhurriedly, in fact, the brigade of the Tartar cavalry was only about five hundred paces away from them, and many details could be seen clearly, seeing the wooden wall on the cart, and also seeing the holes in the wooden wall.

"There are bows and crossbows behind the wooden wall, and our warriors have not yet rushed to the front, and they will be ruthlessly knocked down before they open their bows and arrows, do you still want to rush up?"

was reprimanded coldly by this veteran, and the commander who spoke didn't dare to say more, just looked at the fire in the eyes of the Ming army's convoy, walking so unhurriedly, so swaggering, it was really unbearable.

"Send a messenger over, and an urgent message will be sent to the Great Khan."

Hai Rigu ordered, and immediately someone hurriedly ran over, took out a pen and paper under the horse, and Hai Rigu's personal guards knelt down and used their backs as a tabletop.

"The Ming army went straight to the city of Guihua, of which the Jizhen Che Battalion was the main force, and the cavalry attacked too many places, so the king of Khan was asked to call the stone cannons, and sent a partial division to find out where the grain and grass stores of the Ming army were, and cut off its grain route."

After writing, he put the letterhead in a silver box, and Hai Rigu said in a solemn voice:

"Don't be afraid of tired horses, the sooner you get to the Khan, the better"

Before he finished speaking, Hai Rigu stared at the tail of the Ming Army Brigade, where the regulations of the big car were different from the partial van, and he also set up a watchtower on the big car quite frivolously.

Although there is also a very high compartment on this big car, there is no hole to release firepower, Hai Rigu looked at it for a while, turned around and said:

"Ilad, lead your people, there, is the tail of the Ming army"

He was pointing to the location of the Huwei Army.