Chapter 41: Fleeing in the Night

In the army, the emperor's authority is already very high, and Zhengde led everyone to fight a great victory that has never been achieved in recent decades. No one dares to confront his authority.

Zhengde gave an order, saying that he was going to pursue, but no one dared to say a word.

Zhu Bin immediately went to prepare, he collected more than 10,000 cavalry who were not injured, and brought all the horses, although there were many horses damaged in this battle, but there were more than 30,000 horses collected in a hurry, enough for one person and three horses, day and night.

But in any case, the large-scale operation of tens of thousands of people does not mean that it can be pursued. Zhu Bin recruits horses and selects elite soldiers, and it takes a little time.

Zhu Houhuang's heart moved, and he stepped forward and said to Zhengde: "Brother Huang, take me with you this time." ”

A great victory of 300 musketeers brought Zhu Houhuang a lot of self-confidence, and he was originally afraid of the battlefield, but he suddenly became radical. Don't want to miss the next battle.

Zhengde thought for a while and said, "Can the people below you ride horses?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "I can ride a horse." ”

Zhengde said: "Draw a thousand horses for you, remember not to fall behind." ”

In less than an hour, everyone was ready, more than 10,000 horsemen, and all the elite soldiers in the camp were taken away, and almost all the horses were taken away. All the horses that came to travel were left. For those who remained, their war was over.

Under the city of Datong.

Numerous Mongol cavalry marched around the city.

Dayan Khan looked at Datong City and said, "Wave more flags and pass quickly." ”

"Yes."

Countless Mongolian cavalry waved banners one after another, and raised countless smoke and dust, looking at the past from Datong City, it was simply a mighty torrent, which made the soldiers in Datong City frightened and overwhelmed.

The leader of the Liaodong Army, Xiao Zai, the general of Liaodong, saw such a scene, and couldn't help but feel worried, the Mongols are returning to the north, but what is going on? What's going on in the south? Due to the news cover of the Mongols, although Datong is not far from the battlefield in the south, Xiao Zai has not received any news at all.

Pursuit.

Speaking of this scene, the Liaodong Army is the most bitter, thousands of miles from Liaodong to Shanxi, go the farthest, get the least supplies, Xuanfu needless to say, they are the town's grain and grass, naturally they will not treat their own people, the outer four families and the Beijing camp are Zhengde's eye beads, that is the lineage, no one dares to have a little slow treatment, as for the Datong Army, not to mention, they are fighting in their hometown. The Taiyuan Army, together with the Ningxia Suiyuan Army, has not yet arrived at this moment, and I am afraid that they will not be able to catch up with this battle.

Therefore, the Liaodong Army ran the farthest, ate the least, and encountered the largest enemy.

Facing the mighty Mongolian cavalry under Datong City, Xiao Zai continued to struggle in his heart, and finally said with a long sigh: "Order, no one is allowed to go out of the city, prepare to roll stones and wood." ”

The Liaodong Army is only more than 10,000, even if you add the old, weak, sick and disabled in Datong City, it is only more than 20,000, plus the Liaodong Army is half of the horse, not a pure cavalry, rushing out like this, it is estimated that it is almost the same as looking for death, Xiao Zai really doesn't want to risk the lives of his sons. Does he have any other options at this point? No.

The mighty Mongolian cavalry had just passed an hour or two, and it was dark, when suddenly someone called the door under the city, shouting arrogantly: "Liaodong general, Xiao Zai takes the order." ”

Xiao Zai immediately welcomed the angel in, and the eunuch said in a dusty manner: "Your Majesty has an order, so that Xiao Zai should prepare food and water, lead all the cavalry in Datong City, and prepare to go to battle." ”

Xiao Zai said loudly: "Minister Liaodong will take the order. ”

Xiao Zai took the holy decree and asked, "May I ask my father-in-law, I don't know how His Majesty's side will win or lose?" ”

"Your Majesty broke Dayan Khan and beheaded 30,000, didn't you see Dayan Khan fleeing?"

Of course, whether there are 30,000 beheadings or not, this is not very clear.

"What?" Xiao Zai was shocked, when Dayan Khan passed under Datong City today, he could see that something was wrong. However, looking at the Mongols' banners, dragging out the smoke and dust, plus the capital in hand is too small. Don't dare to take risks, Xiao Zai is also an old man in the army, of course he knows that the cats in the Ming army are tired, what kind of beheading of 30,000, most of them can't be believed, but a discount of 15,000 beheading, there is probably a little water, but it's not much.

But fifteen thousand beheadings were already unbearable pain for the Mongols. The battle of Yuerhai, which destroyed the Northern Yuan, was only a matter of beheading thousands and capturing 70,000.

If this fifteen-thousand-person beheading had been real, the Mongols would have already broken their courage.

Of course, when the Mongols passed by Datong, if he attacked, the Mongols would never be in love with war, and this great opportunity was actually missed by himself, so why didn't Xiao Zai hate and regret it.

But Xiao Zai didn't have any time thinking about this, because Zhengde had arrived.

More than 10,000 horsemen from Zhengde came to Datong City and went straight into the city.

After entering the city, the people were sleepy and tired. It can't go on anymore.

In one afternoon, more than 10,000 horsemen ran wildly for hundreds of miles, and everyone was already tired, especially Zhu Houhuang's men. Zhu Houhuang's subordinates, including Zhu Houhuang himself, have an understanding of riding skills and can ride horses. But such a wild run for a hundred miles is not something they can do at all, under the order of Zhu Houhuang himself, let them tie themselves to the horse, but after more than a hundred miles of running down, all the legs are almost unconscious, Zhu Houhuang only felt that his inner thighs were slimy, and when he reached out and touched it, it was all blood, and the blood had even wet his trouser legs and penetrated into the outside of his clothes.

The person who encountered it like this is not only Zhu Houhuang. It's that most people are like this, and when they arrive in Datong City, they can't get off the horse by themselves. Many people fell off with their horses in their arms, and they didn't get up as soon as they fell to the ground, and they felt as if they were falling apart.

Zhengde is also a strong spirit, hurriedly used some dry food and water, ready to continue chasing, Zhu Bin, Xu Tai's face was broad, and they all advised: "Your Majesty can't,"

Zhengde frowned and said, "What's wrong?" Can't the horses hold on? ”

Zhu Bin's face was a little ugly and said: "The horse can still hold on, but the person can't hold on." ”

Zhengde didn't believe it, and personally patrolled the camp, only to admit that the current Mongols are not the original Mongols, and the modern Ming army is not the original Ming army. If the horse can't insist, it's okay to say, fight to the death, Zhengde never cares, even if tens of thousands of horses die, Zhengde won't blink an eye, but these people can't do it, Zhengde can only sigh and order to rest.

Xiao Zai's heart moved at this moment, wouldn't this be a great opportunity to make a contribution?

Xiao Zai said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to be the vanguard of the army, attack with leakage, and chase and kill the Tartars." ”

Zhengde's heart moved, and he said, "General Xiao, how many cavalry are in your department?"

Xiao Zai said: "There are 5,000 cavalry in the headquarters. Your Majesty, you can order the border forts to send troops to pursue together, and the border forts are more than 1,000 cavalry, less than 100 cavalry, and there are also thousands of cavalry that can be used by Your Majesty. ”

"Okay." Zhengde knew that the cavalry of the forts along the border was definitely not as good as the cavalry of the battalion, but it was also a little combat power, and at this time, of course, Han Xin ordered more troops, the better. Even if these cavalrymen are pretending, they have to put on a show at this time.

"Xiao Aiqing is going, don't fight with the Tartars, only chase after the Tartars, so that the Tartars can't get out of the wall, it's a great achievement. Don't lose the reward of knighthood. ”

Xiao Zai was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Lord Longen." Xiao Zai knew if it was the hereditary iron hat lord who was reckless, so he watched it. Without saying a word, he immediately went down to order the generals, but in half an hour, the five thousand Liaodong cavalry left Datong City and chased after them to the north.

At this moment, the night was low, Xiao Zai didn't dare to chase fast, and followed the traces left by the Mongols, all the way cautiously. By midnight, the Mongols had already been discovered.

After chasing for a day, the Ming army could not continue the pursuit, and the Mongols, who had been running for a day, could not hold on, so they hastily formed a large camp and rested in the field.

When Xiao Zai saw it, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said secretly: "God help me." ”