The Nan River Valley was once the old land of Genghis Khan, and after 200 years, the Golden Family was no longer glorious and was about to become the target of the Ming army. Benjamin didn't expect the vanguard of the Ming army to come so quickly, and the large army was less than two miles away from Yang Hong, so he was in chaos. He hurriedly ordered his subordinates to abandon the sheep and baggage on both sides of the road, and prepared to set up chariots on the grassland, wanting to destroy the vanguard Ming army with artillery fire.

Zhu Di's Wugang chariot of 30,000 taels can be shot at any time, and before Benjamin opened the formation, Zhu Gaoxu had already ordered: "Open the cannon-" Tens of thousands of shells were tilted on the Tatar chariot position in an instant, the smoke was billowing and the smell of burnt corpses was in the dusty air, and the artillery array of Benjamin was completely destroyed.

"Capture Benjamin alive-" Yang Hong urged the horse to be the first to kill, followed by Yang Wen, Yang Wu, Yang Chong and others, and thousands of Miao soldiers had already broken into the Mongolian cavalry position. In order to protect the supreme commander, tens of thousands of Tatars immediately formed a human wall to snipe the attack of the Yang generals. The distance was too close, only hand-to-hand combat.

"I'm coming—" Luo Mingfu brandished Luo's gun and rushed forward.

"I'm coming—" Xiao Zizhang held the Xiao family knife and slashed at the enemy group.

Zhu Gaoxu waved the flag, and hundreds of thousands of Ming troops rushed to the Tatars. Seeing that the encirclement was about to be closed, Benjamin ran from the smallest part of his pocket with 3,000 men and horses. Xiao Zizhang soon noticed the old fox Benya's intentions, he cut a bloody path one by one, rushed to Yang Hong's side and said, "General, Hu Lu has run away!" ”

Yang Hong roared, and with a move of "Dragon Scroll Tiangang", the Tatar cavalry around him turned into nothing in a blink of an eye: "Chase me-" Only Luo Mingfu, Xiao Zizhang, Yang Chong and other personal soldiers worked together to kill the enemy formation, and chased Benjamin away, and the army was still fighting.

In May, the river flows quietly, flowers are everywhere, bees and butterflies are dancing, and cattle and sheep are flocking, which slows down Benjamin's escape to a certain extent. Perhaps the Mongols had been running for too long, and the pace of the horses was getting heavier and heavier. Benjamin looked back, and couldn't help but gasp, only 500 Ming troops came, he dared to attack, and he was too bold, he turned the horse's head and ordered his subordinates to counterattack Yang Hong. Maybe he was frightened and didn't dare to go up to help in the battle, leaving only the cavalry and others by his side, and he wanted to appreciate how his personal army tore Yang Hong and them.

Benjamin did not cross the river, full of confidence, and a smug smile appeared on his gloomy face. How do you know that these 500 Ming troops are the elite of the elite, and they have experienced dozens of battles of all sizes, and they are all masters of horse battles and foot battles. Hundreds of Mongol soldiers stood in a line and threw javelins at the Ming army, but the javelins were either knocked to the ground or caught. Then the Ming army threw the javelin back in their hands, and the Mongol army who could not dodge was either stabbed in the chest, or stabbed in the hands and feet, bleeding profusely, either dead or wounded.

Yang Hong and his subordinates formed an iron triangle formation with both offense and defense, broke into the enemy group, rushed back and forth and killed six or seven times, and the helmet, armor, and war horse were almost washed in blood, but they were still tireless. The battle lasted until dusk, and the 3,000 Tatars were less than 800, and Benjamin hurriedly crossed the river, leaving his men behind.

Benjamin finally escaped during the death battle between his men. The remaining Mongol troops estimated that Benjamin was safe, so they gave up resistance and surrendered. Yang Hong captured nearly 1,000 enemies and more than 2,000 horses, and returned to the base camp of the Ming army.

Zhu Di personally met Yang Hong, was very happy, and said to Zhu Gaoxu: "This is a general!" With the courage of Jing Guogong back then, you have made a great contribution. "Let him know his name for later use. Zhu Gaoxu was secretly happy when he heard this, and felt that the vague position of the crown prince seemed to be beckoning to him again.

After Zhu Di defeated Benjamin, he immediately attacked Arutai, and the two sides fought at Feiyun Gully and Jinglu Town (on the south bank of the present-day Haraha River). Zhu Di personally led the elite cavalry to charge straight into the enemy formation, Arutai fell from his horse, and then fled. Zhu Di took the opportunity to pursue and killed countless Tatars. At this time, the weather was too hot, the Ming army had run out of food, and Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor, thought that the strategic purpose of teaching Benjamin had been achieved, and ordered the troops to stop the attack and return to the court.

In the seventh year of Yongle (1409), Ming Chengzu sent his envoy Guo Ji to Tatar, but he was killed, and this incident became the fuse of the war. Zhu Di couldn't bear it anymore, so he decided to conquer the Tatars, and the 100,000 army led by Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi in the Ming Dynasty, was proud to underestimate the enemy and went deep alone. Benjamin used "luring the enemy to go deeper" to annihilate the vanguard of the Ming army, and he was even more invincible, clamoring to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty.

Ming Chengzu was furious, and made an impassioned war speech at the court meeting: "The Northern Yuan Dynasty has perished, and the ghost power of the Red Khan has reconciled with my Celestial Empire, but unexpectedly, it will be unexpected." The desert is unstable, and it is difficult for me to consolidate the foundation of the northern Ming Dynasty. Benjamin was arrogant and arrogant, with no one in his eyes, killing my messengers, slaughtering my soldiers, obeying the will of heaven, determined to conquer the Tartars in person. ”

"The emperor is shengming, and the Tatars will be flat!" Civil and military officials shouted.

"Ladies and gentlemen, your loyalty can be learned, and there will be Raul waiting for the collection of grain and grass and the convergence of various departments!"

"It is our duty to serve Your Majesty. Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

"Retreat from the dynasty—" ......

After a month of active preparations, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty arrived in Beijing as scheduled, with a total of 500,000 troops. Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, originally wanted to make a little more political capital, and planned to replace Zhu Di in person. Unexpectedly, Ming Chengzu had already seen through Zhu Gaoxu's sinister intentions and vetoed his suggestion. Zhu Gaochu wanted to supervise the country again, and Ming Chengzu was even more unlikely to agree, and he was even more worried about his son, so he let Zhu Gaochi supervise the country as the crown prince, and Zhu Gaochu could only follow his father to go on another expedition.

Ming Chengzu called 30,000 Wugang vehicles and transported 200,000 stones of grain to move with the army. Along the way, save a batch of food every 10 days for the return. Luo Mingfu, the "King of Xishu" and Xiao Zizhang, the hussar general who were far away in the boundary city of Chengbu Wall, also led their troops north to King Qin, and handed over the local defense to the clansmen. As soon as more than 5,000 Miao soldiers from Chengbu Village arrived in Kaipingwei, they were incorporated into Yang Hong's troops to assist Yang Hong in fighting the vanguard and under Yang Hong's control.

In February, Ming Chengzu swore an oath at Deshengmen and set out to conquer Tatar in the north by means of Juyongguan, Huailai and Xuanfu (now Xuanhua, Hebei). The Ming army successively arrived at Lingxiao Peak (now northeast of Zhangbei, Hebei) and Kuanhai (now Hulun Lake, Inner Mongolia).

At the beginning of May, the army entered the valley of the Yuqu River (now the Krulun River), and Zhu Di renamed it "Drinking Horse River". Benjamin was terrified when he saw that he had caused a great deal of trouble, and asked Arutai.

After several changes of power, Arutai is still in the highest decision-making center: "Great Khan, this time Yongle came to attack my Mongolia, the front is very long, it is advisable to divide troops to break it. ”

Benjamin had no idea at this point: "How to divide the army?" ”

Arutai is also leaving a way out for himself: "The momentum of the Ming army is unstoppable, and the only way is to get rid of the pursuing Ming army lightly." The Great Khan led a group to the west and joined forces with Warat as soon as possible. ”

Benjamin asked, "Where is the master going?" ”

Arutai said: "Old minister, I will go east, so as to avoid the danger of being surrounded." ”

Benjamin was silent for a while, then said, "That's all there is to it." So he fled west with more than 100,000 cavalry to the area of Warat, where abandoned flocks of sheep were everywhere.

Zhu Gaoxu learned the battle report from the front, and hurriedly entered his father's camp: "Father, Arutai and Benjamin split their troops and fled in two ways, should they fight Benyashuri or Arutai first?" ”

Zhu Di actually admires his second son Zhu Gaochu, who is eager to make new contributions, but Zhu Gaoxu's personality is too much like himself, advocating force, lest being the prince will be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Gaochu has nothing to say about marching and fighting.

Zhu Di pretended to be mysterious and said: "Boy, are you testing your father and me?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu smiled: "How dare you? Benjamin is already like a frightened bird, with a lot of baggage, and when he is not far away, he can concentrate superior forces to defeat him in one fell swoop. ”

Zhu Di applauded: "It coincides with me, and he deserves to be my son." ”

Zhu Gaoxu asked: "Father, when will you attack?" ”

Zhu Di said: "Boy, I just had breakfast, and there are still thirty miles away from the Difficult River, why are you so impatient?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "If you don't pursue it today, it is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain, and the fighter plane is rare!" ”

Zhu Di said: "Okay! You go to the vanguard and tell Yang Hong to set off immediately! Then I and the army arrived. ”

Zhu Gaoxu left the camp and urged the horse to gallop towards the front line. Yang Hong saw Zhu Gaoxu's expression coming in a hurry, so he asked, "His Royal Highness the King of Han, when do you have to come in person?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Holy Command, gather the team and immediately set off to pursue Benjamin!" ”

Yang Hong knew that the military situation was very urgent, so he beat the drums and gathered, and in less than five minutes, 5,000 men and horses had arrived. More than 20 generals, including Yang Wen, Yang Wu, Yang Shuang, Yang Shuang, and Yang Chong, stood in the front row, their armor shining, holding the Yang family's big gun, carrying bows and arrows on their backs, and they were majestic. Zhu Gaoxu saw the starting lineup of Yang Jiajiang for the first time, and clapped his hands: "Strong! The Yang family will be the pillar stone of my Ming Dynasty, and it is really mighty, set off! ”

The Nan River Valley was once the old land of Genghis Khan, and after 200 years, the Golden Family was no longer glorious and was about to become the target of the Ming army. Benjamin did not expect the vanguard of the Ming army to come so quickly, and the large army was less than two miles away from Yang Hong.

The Mongol cavalry was in a panic, and hurriedly ordered their subordinates to abandon their sheep and baggage on both sides of the road, and prepared to set up chariots on the steppe, hoping to destroy the vanguard Ming army with artillery fire.

Zhu Di's Wugang car of 30,000 taels can be shot at any time, and before Benjamin opened the formation, Zhu Gaoxu had already ordered: "Open the cannon——"

In an instant, tens of thousands of shells poured on the Tatar chariot positions, smoke billowed and dust flew. The smell of burnt corpses filled the air, and Benjamin's artillery was completely destroyed.