Chapter 470: The First Battle is Decided
Zhao Min, the leader of the Tatar tribe, Shunyi Wang, learned that the Naiban tribe united with the surrounding tribes and intended to attack the Tatar tribe, and he was very catchy. The strength of the Tatar tribe has indeed increased greatly over the years, but it is more reflected in wealth, and the number of tribes and the courage of soldiers can be improved not very much. Although the tribe's combat effectiveness has been greatly improved because of the excellent equipment obtained from the Ming court, and they can defeat the Naiban tribe, if they want to defeat the alliance forces of the Naiban tribe and the surrounding tribes, they are still powerless.
Zhao Min was clearly aware of this, and after learning of the unfavorable news, he immediately sent an urgent letter to Han Fei, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time mobilized the entire tribe to actively prepare for war. Now the Tatar tribe has a good life, no one is willing to give up, knowing that the intention of the alliance is not good for the Tatar department, the entire tribe is the same enemy, actively respond to Zhao Min's call, and gather to prepare to resist the invasion.
The Tatar tribesmen have relied on the favor of the Ming court over the years, living more and more prosperous, and have more and more superiority over the surrounding tribes. Now the surrounding tribes, which have always been despised by the Tatar tribesmen, have united to attack the Tatar tribes, and in the eyes of the Tatar tribesmen, it is clearly because of jealousy, which is an intolerable bad behavior.
The urgent letter has been sent to the capital of Daming for several days, Zhao Min also knows that the Ming court has made a decision, and sent troops to rescue, it is not a simple matter, it will definitely take a while, Zhao Min on the one hand gathered troops and horses to prepare for war, on the other hand, ordered the clansmen to move to the vicinity of the Great Wall, as close as possible to the Ming Dynasty, so that the reinforcements can arrive in time.
The Tatar tribe's unusual behavior reached the Naiban tribe and the surrounding tribes, and they realized that Zhao Min had been informed of their plan, and they also accelerated the assembly of troops and horses. When they discussed, they also mentioned that in view of the good relationship between the Tatar Ministry and the Ming court, the Ming court would send troops to intervene, but they concluded that the Ming court was unlikely to intervene substantially, after all, the Ming Dynasty was founded not long ago, and the country was not stable, so it should not rush to send troops abroad, and Dahua, the predecessor of the Ming Dynasty, has always pursued a policy of not interfering in the internal affairs of Beihu, and the Ming Dynasty and Dahua are in the same line, and should also abide by this policy.
What's more, the Tatar Ministry is very rich, and in the eyes of the surrounding tribes, it is definitely a big fat meat, and it has long been eyeing it, so if there is an excuse at this time, how can there be a reason to give up easily?
The combined forces of the Naiban and the surrounding tribes were assembled very quickly, a total of 300,000 soldiers and horses quickly pressed towards the Tatar department, and the Tatar department only had 200,000 soldiers to fight, and was at a disadvantage in numbers, and it was necessary to protect the old, weak, women, and children and livestock, and not prepare for the plundering of the coalition army, and the situation became more and more serious. Zhao Min had to order the army to fight and retreat, gradually move closer to the Ming border, and wait for the arrival of Ming reinforcements.
The time dragged on for nearly half a month, and the Tatar army and the coalition forces fought dozens of battles, and the battle was very tragic, and both sides lost tens of thousands of soldiers. Fortunately, the Tatar Ministry finally retreated to the Ming border.
After another fierce battle today, the leaders of the small tribes of the Tatar tribe gathered around Zhao Min, the king of Shunyi, and some people said worriedly: "King, why is there no news about the reinforcements of the Ming court, will the Ming Emperor send reinforcements?" Our army has lost nearly 80,000, although the coalition army has not bargained, but the coalition army has not gathered all the soldiers and horses, if they gather reserve soldiers and horses, our department will be wiped out! ”
There has been no news from the Ming Dynasty so far, and Zhao Min is not worried, but she always has a belief in her heart that Han Fei will definitely send someone to save her and her clansmen. She looked at the retreating coalition forces in the distance, and said with a firm face: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will definitely send someone to save the Tatar Ministry, after all, it is not as simple as the grassland for the imperial court to dispatch troops and horses, and it is normal for reinforcements to have not yet arrived!" ”
"But...... If there are reinforcements coming from the imperial court, why don't there be messengers to contact? ”
"These days, we have been fighting wars and migrating, and it is not easy for the messengers of the imperial court to find us, in short, we must have confidence in the imperial court!" Zhao Min saw that the people were still hesitant, hesitated, and said: "Today, this king will not hide it from you, the Ming Emperor is the husband of this king, how can he not come to save this king and his people?" ”
"Ah, the king is the concubine of the Ming Emperor?"
"That's nature!" Zhao Min looked in the direction of the Ming Dynasty and said, "If it weren't for the fact that this king was the woman of the Ming Emperor, how could the Tatar Ministry be so taken care of by the imperial court, and the imperial court would send so many doctors to treat the people of the clan?" ”
"I see, I have always wondered why the Ming court favored the Tatar tribe so much, all because the Ming Emperor cherished the king, and then let the Tatar tribesmen get favors, which is also the king's great grace to the clansmen!"
At this time, a Tatar sergeant led the Han eunuch to Zhao Min, and everyone was excited when they knew that the messenger of the Ming Dynasty had finally arrived.
The eunuch bowed to Zhao Min, held a letter in both hands, and said, "Qiqi Shunyi King, the Holy Servant has ordered the servant to present a handwritten letter!" ”
Zhao Min took the letter, opened it and read it, was overjoyed, and hurriedly summoned the main generals to enter the king's tent to discuss the matter.
Zhao Min pointed to a location on the map and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor has sent 100,000 elite Shenji battalions out of the customs and rushed here to ambush, and the emperor ordered the headquarters to introduce the allied forces into the ambush circle and annihilate the allied forces in one fell swoop!" The opportunity to avenge the dead soldiers has come, and everyone will attack according to the king's order and cooperate with the imperial army to annihilate the allied forces! ”
"Yes!"
The news that the imperial reinforcements had arrived greatly encouraged the Tatar tribesmen, and the soldiers rubbed shoulders and fought in high spirits. According to Han Fei's deployment, Zhao Min dispatched troops and horses to attack and harass the allied forces, attracting the allied forces to enter the ambush circle of the imperial court.
As soon as the imperial court Shenji battalion saw that the coalition forces entered the ambush circle, they immediately blocked the retreat of the coalition forces, surrounded on all sides, first several rounds of artillery bombardment destroyed the fighting spirit of the coalition forces, and then the musket battalion attacked, and the coalition forces were defeated, and finally the court cavalry battalion and the Tatar cavalry attacked together to kill.
In a great battle, more than 200,000 troops of the allied forces were completely annihilated, and the imperial army, under the leadership of the Tatar army, continued to conquer the Naiban tribe and the surrounding tribes. It lasted more than ten days, and the barbarian tribes and the surrounding tribes were defeated again and again, and the soldiers who could fight were wiped out and announced their surrender to the Ming court.
The war report reached the capital, the government and the opposition celebrated, and Han Fei took advantage of the situation to launch the proposed Beihu strategy, and ordered the cabinet and various ministries to prepare to build a city and set up a county government in the occupied area.
(End of chapter)