The former site of the original Xinchengwei in the Hara Hetao has long been weathered into ruins, and the long weeds are buried, which is the blood of the Ming soldiers in the Hongwu year. In the war of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di's "five out of the desert north", the battle of Qu Split Er River was fought by the Ming Dynasty and this Wuliang Ha Sanwei, in addition to the nominal canonization of the Ming Dynasty, for decades, it has been the emperor of the land by Tulu Huchaer, even in the era of Ming Chengzu, the title of Tulu Huchaer as the governor of the left army, and the Ha'er Wugang was in charge of the guard of Duoyanwei, this situation has not changed. Until the death of Tulu Kuchaer a few years ago, his grandson, the son of Mengxa, Dorogan, continued to be the emperor of the soil.

The relationship with the Ming Dynasty, except for canonization and tribute, in fact, has nothing to do with it.

In the battle of Tumubao, Duoyanwei had already made a choice, and they did not fight as a Ming army.

But after more than 40 years, the flag of the Ming Dynasty is flying here again!

The herdsmen watched from afar, they did not dare to get too close, and when this flag was erected the day before yesterday, there were no less than three small tribes, trying to rush over and disperse the three or two hundred Ming people, and rob them of what seemed to be extremely rich supplies. They all had a dozen rides each, and they all died. The iron arrows of the Ming people were scattered like money, and soon turned them into dead corpses;

Yesterday there were two larger tribes, and the two tribes together were nearly 100 horsemen, which was already a force that could not be ignored in the grassland, and they rushed through, still dead, because yesterday there were not only three or two hundred Ming people, but more than a thousand Ming people, of which there were at least seven hundred Ming troops in array.

The flag looked like a rag that had been used for a long time and had been washed very often, old and broken, with eight golden characters on it.

Today, among the herdsmen who were watching, someone went to the tribe and invited an old man who knew Chinese characters to come and see, saying that the eight characters on it were written: Jing Zhong to serve the country; Champion the three armies. This makes these people wonder. Shouldn't the general's flag have an official position written on it, some kind of general or governor, or something like that? Shouldn't the flag have the general's surname written on it? How can there be such eight words?

His question soon spread to other herdsmen, and some people reported it to Duo Yan Weidu's commander Tongzhi, Duo Luogan.

Dorogan is not an uninformed, he also sent military horses to help in the defense of the capital division - of course, not as the Ming army to join the side defending the city, in the army of the Warat people, for this flag and the person of Apong Rakshasa He has a deep memory in his heart, whether it is the god in the night. Or cutting off the arm of the King of Saikan, or burning thousands of Varat Iron Horsemen, it was enough for him to remember this flag.

"That's the banner of the Rakshasa of Apo." Dorogan said this to his men, he didn't say to kill all those Ming, nor did he say not to provoke them. Just said, "That's the banner of the Rakshasa of Apo. He repeated it twice. So no one asked what to do. Obviously, Dorogan couldn't make up his mind for the time being.

also waved down in the eleventh year of orthodoxy, and killed the leader of Tainingwei directly and killed him, and Tainingwei, who was originally in the leadership position among the three guards, declined all of a sudden, and now it is gradually headed by Duoyanwei. Also first. Naturally, he is the wolf king of the grassland.

And the Akbang Rakshasa who was also feared first, Dorogan said that it was fake if he didn't put it in his eyes, and without hesitation, he blew the bull's horn towards the flag of the Akbang Rakshasa that was not the current de facto leader of a tribal leader and the three guards of Uryaha. what should be done; But killing Abang Rakshasa is more like an invisible temptation that attracts him.

Whether it is to defeat or kill the Akrakshasa, Dorogan knows that it will make his reputation in the Tatar Department reach unprecedented heights, as long as he defeats it, it is a demon who is said to be helpless even first! And the puppet Khan who commands the Tartars is unwilling to be manipulated first, and if he can defeat the Akin Rakshasa himself, it is inevitable that he will be treated with the courtesy of Tokhtar Buhua.

He couldn't make up his mind, and it took time to think and decide.

So some people always paid attention to those Ming people, and after two or three days, there were more and more Ming people, looking like there were five or six thousand people, if it was on the grassland, it was a big tribe. But for the Ming people, the men on the grassland have an inexplicable sense of superiority, especially in the grassland where there is no city to defend.

The number of people didn't bother Doro too much.

Especially at the former site of Xinchengwei, another battle flag was erected, this time, finally the same as the general flag recognized by the herdsmen of Duoyan, the general recognized the flag, and the word "Ding" was embroidered on the flag, that is, the main general banner of the Chinese army; He also set up a gate flag to determine the location of the gate; There are also soldiers holding triangular flags, tiger flags, etc., and there are also generals and guards holding "collar" flags, occupying flags, etc., and the sergeants of all sides are more divided into blue, purple, white, ink, and yellow flags, and there are Tangbao soldiers carrying yellow flags running out of the four directions to be vigilant, and there are people who carry the "Qiao" word flag out of the four to cut the forage...... [Note]

Listening to the report from the herdsmen and soldiers below, Duo Luogan was very sure in his heart, he and the Ming Dynasty had been fighting for so many years, sometimes naturalized and sometimes rebellious, and he was very familiar with the banner of the Ming army. He had to make a decision.

Because these five or six thousand people are not all, there must be soldiers and horses coming behind, and a guard post with family members and military surpluses can get more than 10,000 people, if it is a big guard station, such as his face, it will be even more. Wait, wait until the other side's troops and horses are gathered, and the situation will definitely be worse at that time.

Duo Luogan was thinking, what kind of role is this guard commander who came to Duoyan to set up the banner? Does Da Ming want this Wei commander surnamed Ding to kill him, or does he want to borrow his own hands to kill this Wei commander surnamed Ding? Because this is also a familiar trick for the court of the Ming Dynasty, in the ninth year of orthodoxy, Taining Wei Zhuochi killed Feihewei's people, and then the two guards killed each other, and the Ming Dynasty didn't care.

"Send three hundred fine horsemen, take five hundred horsemen, go and see who is coming, Apong Rakshasa is said to not have so many flags, so only that flag, a battle destroyed thousands of Varat iron horses, that is, that flag. If it's chaotic, you might as well rush. Dorogan commanded his henchman.

He must take a look at the quality of this Ming army, if there is only that broken battle flag, he may not dare to make a decision, because the name of Apong Rakshasa makes him have to be cautious, but this is enough to rely on the banner of the Ming army's momentum, so that Dorogan is very determined, the Ming army, it is not that there has been no confrontation!

When did the Ming army dare to set up a flag in Duoyanwei without informing?

But Dorogan's henchmen led three hundred elite horsemen, and recruited five or six hundred herdsmen, and rushed to the old site of the new city guard with bows and arrows, and ten miles away, a cavalry of two or three hundred men came up to meet them, all of them in the costume of the soldiers of the grassland, and they all looked like strong men. ”

"Who are you? Why did you come here to do evil! "Duo Luogan's henchman is a shrewd person, looking at his nearly 1,000 horsemen seems to be extremely powerful, but the only one who can really fight is the three hundred elite horsemen, and the number of the other party is comparable, if it is smooth, the five or six hundred herdsmen will naturally follow the helper, if it is not smooth, it is better to count on those herdsmen, it is better to count on immortality.

And these people all look fierce and vicious, this Duo Luo Gan's henchmen, but they don't want to fight this unclear battle.

"Me, Jeddah! It's the eagle dog of Aporakshasa! Don't you know that the flag of the Rakshasa is behind Jeddah? What is the great thing about Duo Yanwei? How about the camp compared to the first one? A pong rakshasa a knife, Jeddah with the flag followed behind, come if you want, go if you want, if you don't accept it, come to fight! "Jeddah is completely unreasonable, and the fist on the prairie is often the truth. The three or two hundred horsemen behind him shouted and echoed, "Yes, if people want to fight, they will fight!" So saying, they all took their bowstrings and hung them up, and began to follow Gilda and slowly trotted on their horses, as if they were about to launch a decisive charge against the enemy, who numbered nearly a thousand men.

Dorokgan's henchmen are a little difficult to ride a tiger, and they retreat without a fight, and it will be difficult to explain when they go back; Fighting, he didn't have any confidence at all, the three or two hundred people on the other side were no worse than the three hundred elite horsemen he carried, and he was not sure how to control the direction of the battle.

Just as he hesitated, he saw the sharp smoke and dust rolling up from a distance, whether it was Jeddah or Dorogan's henchmen, they all subconsciously signaled the military horses behind him to stop, no one wanted to become a praying mantis hunted by yellow finch, maybe they didn't understand this idiom in Chinese, but this did not prevent them from fighting for years, teaching them to understand the truth.

The riders in the distance rushed closer, but there were only more than ten riders, and the leader shouted at Dorogan's henchmen: "Do you recognize me?" I don't recognize it, go and call Dorogan! The henchman hurriedly nodded to indicate that he recognized it, this person followed Yexian's side when he was also attacking first, and this Duoluogan's henchman was also sent to lead the troops to the Warat army, where would he not recognize it? Seeing him nod, the man shouted, "I am the commander of the Taishi Yexian, the guard of Badama, my master, I want to come here to talk to her An Da, you go and tell Dorakan not to fight here, otherwise, the clumsy will be the end!" ”

Then the head of the Badama's guard said to Jeddah, "Why do you want to kill here before your master comes?" They are all men of the grassland, descendants of the wolf king, you go back first, you want to kill, and when the Rakshasa comes, he says kill, you can kill. ”

Gilda nodded, and said to Dorogan's henchmen: "You go to drink, go eat meat, and raise it well, and when Jeddah's master comes, he says to kill people, and Gilda will come to kill you, I heard that when you are full, it doesn't hurt too much to die." With that, he whistled and led the two or three hundred horsemen back. (To be continued......) (To be continued......)

PS: [Note] 1. The collar flag and the triangular flag are quoted from the "men-at-arms atlas. Medievalchinesearmies 1260-1520; 2. Occupying the flag is a quote from the "Wubei Zhi"; 3. The others are quoted from the 2009 article "A Preliminary Study on the Terminology of the Military Flag of the Ming Dynasty" published in the Journal of Xichang University, author: Chen Haisheng, Jin Shuangping, [Article Number] 1673-1883(2009)01-0009-03.