Chapter 418: Before the Two Armies [1 Update]
Chu Yi got up slowly, and said with a bit of coldness in his eyes: "Your Majesty has personally sent Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and others to lead an army of 150,000 to follow the Tatars all the way, unless the Tatars suddenly turn around, in the direction of Datong and Xuanfu, otherwise, if they want to get out, they can only go to Taiyuan." ”
A bright light flashed in Xu Tianzuo's eyes and said: "Since the Tatars are coming to Taiyuan, it must be the previous plan of the chief administrator who has worked. ”
All the generals present knew that Chu Yi sent Cheng Kai to send Hu Limu's head to Balsborot, and in the final analysis, the fundamental purpose was to provoke Balsborot and then lure Balsborot over.
Chu Yi bowed his head slightly and said: "But these are not enough, if Balsborough and the others say that after calming down, they may not be able to react, and they may not have the opportunity to go to Xuanfu and Datong at that time." ”
Sun Qiu sighed slightly: "Xuanfu and Datong have Governor Yang Yiqing in charge, even if Balsborough wants to go to Xuanfu and Datong, I'm afraid it's not so easy." ”
However, Xu Tianzuo glanced at Sun Qiu and said: "That is what I said, but don't forget, there are still 100,000 troops of Dayan Khan on the front line of Datong and Xuanfu, and those 100,000 troops alone have already made Governor Yang Yiqing exhaust his efforts, if you add Balsborot, I am afraid that Governor Yang Yiqing may not be able to withstand this front and back attack." ”
Chu Yi glanced at Xu Tianzuo and Sun Qiu appreciatively, and said with a chuckle: "Yes, the Tatars are not fools, if they suffer losses in Taiyuan City, I am afraid that they will really go to the front line of Datong and Xuanfu at that time, and if they don't do it well, the front line of Datong and Xuanfu will collapse completely." ”
In the hall, the generals were originally happy, thinking that they could easily leave Balsborough and other Tatars behind, but when they heard Chu Yi say this, there were still so many hidden dangers.
A general said to Chu Yi with a bit of urgency on his face: "Chief, what should we do, can we not beat the Tatars fiercely at that time?" ”
If the Tatars suffered a big loss, the Tatars would avoid Taiyuan, which was obviously different from what the same generals realized before they were ahead.
The corners of Chu Yi's mouth showed a little smile and said, "This governor has his own plans!" ”
Everyone looked at Chu Yi with a look of being in his chest, and the irritability they originally had naturally disappeared.
For Chu Yi, everyone couldn't admire it more, since Chu Yi said that he had a plan, then with Chu Yi's means, he would definitely be able to solve this problem, otherwise, Chu Yi spent so much effort and laid out such a game, if he couldn't keep the Tatars, wouldn't it be a joke?
The rumbling army came out of Taiyuan City, led by Chu Yi, beside Chu Yi, Xu Tianzuo and several other generals followed Chu Yi, and behind him was an army of 20,000, of which there were more than 2,000 cavalry.
You must know that when Chu Yi came to Taiyuan this time, the cavalry he brought with him was only a few hundred, but in Taiyuan City, Hu Limu and others contributed more than 2,000 mounts, so Chu Yi was able to pull up more than 2,000 cavalry in such a short time.
The army was out, and the smoke and dust were billowing out, but it was only a dozen miles, and I saw the billowing smoke and dust coming from the front from a distance.
If someone looked down from the sky, they would see two black torrents rapidly approaching the vast land.
Needless to say, one is Chu Yi and others, and the other is Balsborot, who did not take advantage of the capital, but lost his troops and was angrily rushing to find Chu Yi's trouble.
I have to say that Hulimu's head is indeed a stimulus for Balsborot and others, of course, Balsborot is not a fool, if he is really so easily provoked, he is afraid that he will not be able to become the best one among the princes of Dayan Khan.
It should be said that Balsborough pushed the boat with the flow, because the defeat under the city of Beijing made Balsborought's control of the Tatar army plummet.
To be precise, the morale of the Tatar army was much worse than when they entered the army before. Many Tatars even have some resentment towards Balsborot in their hearts.
After all, Balsborough was under the city of Beijing before, and in order to break through the city of Beijing, he drove everyone to attack the city more than once, and paid an extremely painful price.
Think about it, the Tatars paid about 30,000 dead and wounded under the city of Beijing, accounting for almost one-third of the army, and the 30,000 or so dead and wounded, for the remaining Tatars, almost everyone has familiar friends and even relatives who died in the land of Beijing.
Such a large loss made Balsborough finally have to voluntarily withdraw his troops, because if it continues, there will be a mutiny in the army.
Hurim's head appeared at a good time, at least for Balsborough, and it allowed him to unite people's hearts.
As for Hulimu's life and death, to be honest, Balsborough didn't care about it at all, but Hulimu's head was very useful to Balsborough.
When the Tatar army learned that Hulimu, who was sitting in Taiyuan, was beheaded by the Ming people, and even sent the news to their army, the originally demoralized Tatars were stimulated one by one like red-eyed bulls, shouting and shouting to kill back to Taiyuan City, kill the Guangming army, and avenge Hulimu.
Needless to say, this was naturally taken advantage of Balsborot's intentions, and even Balsborough pushed the boat along the river, putting on a posture of avenging Hulimu, and shouted slogans, even if it was the last person to fight, he would definitely avenge Hulimu and avenge the clansmen who died in Taiyuan City.
Relying on such means, Balsborough regained control of the military heart, and the military spirit, which was originally somewhat sloppy and even a little out of control, was once again controlled by Balsborough.
Although he said that he suffered a loss under the city of Beijing, Balsborough never thought that Chu Yi would be able to stop the tens of thousands of iron cavalry under him.
If you can't break through Beijing City, it is because Beijing City is too strong, and with more than 100,000 troops defending it, this is not a crime of war.
But what about Taiyuan City, although Taiyuan City is also an important border town, but compared to Beijing City, it is much worse.
Balsborough asked himself if he could break through Taiyuan City once, then he would definitely be able to break through the second time, since he was not able to break through Beijing City, then he took Chu Yi's head to show his military merits, he couldn't go to the Central Plains in vain, but in the end he got nothing.
In addition to the Son of Heaven, if the Ming Dynasty wants to say that it has the greatest influence and the highest status, it should be Chu Yi, if he can behead Chu Yi, he can also give an explanation to his father Khan.
The fast horse came galloping, and I saw several sentry scouts dismount and said to the Tatar generals such as Balsborot who had stopped: "Report, the Ming army has been found ahead, and the preliminary judgment is that there are at least tens of thousands of people. ”
Balsborought's eyes lit up when he heard this, and the smoke and dust of the army were billowing out, even if they were miles away, they could see it clearly.
Even if there was no sentinel at this time, Balsborough would be able to see the cloud of smoke and dust in front of him.
Riding on the horse, Balsborough pulled the reins in one hand and held the whip in the other and said in a deep voice: "Look at the Ming army flag clearly? ”
A few sentry detectives, you look at me, I look at you, with a confused look on their faces.
There are indeed flags, and there are a lot of them, but the point is that they don't even know the words embroidered on the flag.
Among the Tatars, being able to recognize Chinese characters is definitely a right that only the upper echelons of the tribe and even the nobles can enjoy, as for the low-level tribesmen and even the steppe warriors, they have no opportunity and cannot know Chinese characters at all.
Balsborot reacted, obviously realizing that he had asked in vain, waved his hand, looked at the generals beside him and said: "Everyone, let's go with this prince to take a look, what kind of person is so bold, leaving the city unguarded, and actually going out of the city to meet the battle, is it really unfavorable for me to be the Tatar Iron Cavalry Peak?" ”
If it is a siege, to be honest, these Tatars really have a certain psychological shadow, but if it is said that they are fighting outside the city, they are really not afraid.
Many generals laughed even more, and followed Balsborot on their horses.
Soon Balsborough and the others saw the Ming military horses that had already been put in formation in front of them, with countless flags and neat military appearances, and a solemn and murderous atmosphere was coming, which made people know at a glance that this was definitely an elite.
When Balsborot saw the banner waving in the wind, when he saw the banners of many cultivators such as Chu and Xu, Balsborot couldn't help laughing, holding the horsewhip and pointing to the army opposite: "Have you seen it?" That eunuch Chu Yi was really arrogant, did he really think that he wanted to stop me and other grassland warriors by relying on these Ming soldiers and horses? ”
Just as Balsborough was full of disdainful mockery, he saw a group of men and horses coming from the Ming army on the opposite side, almost a few hundred meters away from the Tatar army, and it came to an abrupt end.
Chu Yi, who was dressed in a python suit and was wearing a big coat, shouted with a long roar: "Balsborot, Chu again, dare to come and see it!" ”
At this time, Balsborough could be said to not take Chu Yi to heart at all, and when he heard this, he patted the horse under him, and suddenly came to a distance of more than 100 meters away from Chu Yi under the support of a group of guards.
Chu Yi's eyes fell on Balsborot, I have to say that Balsborot is worthy of being the best one among the sons of Dayan Khan, not to mention the rest, his bravery and courage alone are not comparable to ordinary people.
Balsborot looked at Chu Yi and was slightly stunned, although he had also heard that Chu Yi was only about twenty years old, but he only regarded it as a false rumor, in his opinion, Chu Yi was afraid that he was a great eunuch in his thirties and forties, but when he really saw Chu Yi, he was really stunned by Chu Yi's appearance.