Chapter 255

Zhengde's car stayed in Ulzhou for two days and one night, although he deliberately did not enter the city of Ulzhou in a low-key manner, but only patrolled around the fort in the suburbs and then turned to the direction of Datong Mansion in the northwest, but the news still spread far and wide, and when the military and political officials of Ulzhou knew the news of the emperor's arrival and hurriedly went to meet him, Zhengde and his party had already left the boundary of Ulzhou, which made the Ulzhou officials regret and sigh.

However, Jiang Bin brought the emperor's message, saying that the emperor was very satisfied with the defense of Ulzhou, and encouraged the officials to make persistent efforts to defend the border towns, keep the enemy out of the country, and strike hard at the invading enemy.

In fact, everyone secretly rejoiced that although the emperor did not meet with the officials of Ulzhou, nor did he give any actual praise, but the so-called no fault is meritorious, and the defense and government affairs of the border towns did not raise anything inappropriate after the emperor's inspection, which in itself is something worth celebrating.

When leaving Ulzhou, Song Nan reminded Jiang Bin to be prepared, although the emperor did not let the Ulzhou Wei send troops to escort him, but the Ulzhou Wei had to be energetic to deal with emergencies and be ready to support at any time; Jiang Bin knew that the emperor was in Shanxi, and all the officers and soldiers of Shanxi's guards had to bear the responsibility of guarding, and even if the emperor left the territory of Ulzhou, he could not take it lightly.

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Two days later, the emperor who slowly marched to the northwest arrived in the southwest of Datong Mansion, at the same time, Wang Xun, the general soldier of Datong, also received a letter sent by Song Nan, Wang Xun Zhanxin saw it, and was immediately stunned and complained, without warning, the emperor actually drove to Datong Mansion, it was really unexpected.

Originally, it was a good thing that the emperor came, but Wang Xun had a headache, because the emperor came at a bad time, the little Tatar prince mobilized troops in the north and watched carelessly, and the entire Shanxi capital was paying close attention to the movements of the Tatars. Just more than 10 days ago, on the front line of the Great Wall Pass, which is more than 180 miles northwest of Datong, the Ming army and the Tartars had already engaged in several small-scale battles, and in the area of Dingbian Yulin, the total number of troops invested by both sides exceeded 5,000, which was unprecedented in the war with the Tartars in recent years.

As the most important Datong General Military Office of the Shanxi Metropolitan Division, the four guards under its jurisdiction faced the border defense pressure of hundreds of miles inside and outside the Great Wall, guarding the main route for the Tartar cavalry to go south.

After the little prince of Tatar unified the Tatar tribes, he classified the 30,000 households in the eastern part of the Tatar kingdom as the left wing, and the western Ordos, Tumut, and Yongshebu as the right wing, and the little prince personally commanded 30,000 households on the left wing, and the right wing was the 30,000 households under the command of the little prince's son Ji Neng, who was crowned the king of Jin.

Judging from the information obtained, it is the Tatar cavalry that is eyeing the border of the Chen soldiers, not the stragglers, which shows the Tatar intentions, and also reminds the border towns not to take it lightly.

And at this moment, the emperor is driving to the border town, and the protection of the holy car will be a headache. If the soldiers and horses are dispatched to protect them, the strength of the small fortress on the border will be weakened, and in case of war, they may be defeated, but if they do not send troops and horses to accompany them, the emperor will have a mistake and will be guilty of exterminating the family, which is a real dilemma.

Wang Xun carefully considered Song Nan's construction, and Song Nan wrote in the letter that Wang Xun dispatched a small number of elite soldiers to accompany him, and at the same time did a good job of secrecy and blocked the news of the emperor's arrival, which would avoid a lot of trouble.

After weighing the gains and losses in all aspects, Wang Xun decided to accept Song Nan's construction, in view of the fact that the military and political dignitaries of the Shanxi Buzheng Division and the Shanxi Capital Division in Taiyuan Mansion did not know the news of the emperor's arrival, Wang Xun did not dare to slack off, and quickly selected 500 cavalry from the elite troops in the city, and rushed at full speed to meet the holy car who stayed near Hunyuan Prefecture in the southwest of Datong and enjoyed the magnificent scenery around Jiaoshan and Chaoling Pass.

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To the north of Datong Mansion, more than 200 miles away from the Great Wall, on the endless grassland, a large lake is embedded in it, this lake has a domineering name called Huangqihai, there is a small city on the side of Huangqihai, it is said that the city actually lifts it a little, because it has no city wall, no walled fort, no tall houses; Some of them are just low mud houses, and with a dense array of tents, they look like nomadic gathering areas.

This is the location of the front banner of the right wing of the Chahar right wing to which the left wing of the Tatar State belongs, Chahar is in the southeast of the Tatar State, and it is an important area bordering the two border towns of Datong Xuanfu of the Ming Dynasty, Chahar is also divided into the left and right wings, and the left and right wings are divided into the front, middle and rear flags, each of which is the front-line camp for launching an attack on the border towns of the Ming Dynasty; The front banner of the right wing of Chahar is directly facing the three guards of Yanghe, Gaoshan and Zhenyu in the northeast of Datong of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the two guards of the left and right of Xuanfu, which is the place where the Tatars gather heavy troops.

As the leading general of the Chahar Right Wing Front Banner, he was deeply favored by Dayan Khan, and he also formulated a strategy for military operations at the junction of Datong Xuanfu, which was the most heavily defended against the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Arislan knew very well in his heart that the battle between the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty was only a symbolic show of force, taking advantage of some small advantages, and compared with the Ming Dynasty, the Tatar State did not have the strength to annex him at all; But as a Tatar, his heart was full of unbeatable self-confidence, and he was never afraid of the powerful Ming Dynasty.

When the domestic strife subsided, the biggest opponent of the Tatar State was the Ming Dynasty in the south, I can't kill you, I will disgust you, with this idea, the Tatar State carried out small-scale attacks on almost all the borders adjacent to the Ming Dynasty, and recalled the front-line generals every few days to summarize the battle reports and harvests of the front, which has also become one of the daily official duties of front-line generals like Arislan.

The smell in the big tent is smoky, the Tatar generals who eat beef and mutton exude a strong fishy smell, just have breakfast, the generals in the tent are unscrupulously burping and farting, and some are holding wine bags and sipping spirits from time to time, which makes the smell in the tent dirty.

Arislan was in a good mood, he liked this familiar smell, in his opinion, this is the smell of Tatar, Tatar men are informal, unscrupulous, where are like those generals in the Ming Dynasty, all of them are as delicate as girls, without manhood.

"Generals, how is the battle situation of the soldiers and horses on the front line to which each battalion belongs? Take out whatever you have gained and show off. Arislan took a sip of milk tea and asked with a smile.

A fat-headed and big-eared general staggered forward with his shirt open and his stomach exposed: "The four hundred-man team of my right battalion broke through a walled fort on the Yanghekou front line ten days ago, killed more than 40 levels of the Ming army, seized ten horses, and robbed a lot of property and people. ”

"Good! Well done. General Jeddah has made some gains for 14 consecutive months, and I have decided to reward three of the stolen Han women to General Jeddah as private property, and then return to the military newspaper to ask for merit for General Jeddah. ”

Gilda laughed and said, "Thank you, General." ”

"Is that a credit? Lao Tzu's left battalion broke through the pass of the Great Wall guarded by the Ming army six days ago, killed hundreds of Ming troops, destroyed two beacon towers and two nearby forts, seized 1,000 stone of grain, and countless cattle, sheep and horses; Jeddah's little is compared to my merits, like an ant on the ground and an eagle in the sky. A tall Tartar general with a meaty face spewing wine shouted.

"Old dog of Selemo, who the fuck are you scolding ants for? Lao Tzu is an eagle in the sky, you are just a bad horse on the grassland, report good news but not bad news, don't think Lao Tzu doesn't know, why don't you say that your left battalion died more than 200 brothers in this battle? Damn, there are a total of 1,000 people in the left battalion, and two percent will die in one battle, and you still have the face to show your merits. Gilda yelled.

"Fuck you, how can there be immortals in a war, you old dog was beaten by the Ming army in Yulin Pass, and nearly three hundred brothers died, why don't you say it?"

And the two men began to quarrel in the tent, and pressed each other's swords on their waists, and they were about to draw their swords against each other; Azhislan shouted: "Don't make any noise, the two generals are the warriors of my Chahar front banner, what are you fighting in the nest?" If you have the ability to kill the Ming army, rob the jewelry beauties of the Ming people and compare them with the cattle and sheep, it is really embarrassing for you. ”

The two glared at each other wryly, and turned back with foam.

Azhislan looked at a short general standing in a corner with his head bowed silently and asked, "General Zazhev, how was your middle camp doing yesterday?" The strength of the Ming people's Ulzhou is the weakest, and it is sandwiched between the two mountains, and there are two battalions of Jeddah and Selemo on the left and right. ”

The short Tartar general's face was embarrassed, and he stepped forward and arched his hand: "General, the last general is incompetent, the Ulzhou front line has not made any achievements, five days ago in the Black Mountain Fort and the Ulzhou defenders encountered, my team of soldiers and horses were surrounded by the Ming army, and more than 40 people died; The Ulzhou guards are sleek and brave, and it is really difficult to start. ”

Jeddah and Selemo laughed at the same time, and Selemo pointed to the nose of the short general and said, "Zazhiv, you are also a, and it is really a humiliation for me to be in the company of this lame gray rabbit, and if I had you, you would have resigned and gone home to herd the sheep." ”

Jeddah also said: "Yes, Zazhiv, you are too embarrassed, it is better to go home, the front line is not suitable for you, you are here to only wear down the spirit of my Tatar warriors." ”

Arislan's face was also gloomy, although victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, but the Ulzhou front line has not made any gains for more than a year, on the contrary, hundreds of soldiers' lives have been put in before and after, this Zazhev seems to be really old, and it is time to consider others to lead the army.

Zazhiv's face turned red, and he suddenly shouted: "General, although we fell for the tricks of the Ming army again this time and lost a lot of manpower, my subordinates overheard a shocking news. ”

"What's the news?" Arislan asked nonchalantly, thinking that Zazhif was just deliberately looking for something to prevaricate because he had nothing to do.

"Two of my soldiers who were scattered by the Ming army found a man in Ulju." "A man none of you could have imagined." ”

"Oh?" Seeing Zazhev's solemn expression, Azhislan was a little interested.

"The little emperor of the Ming Dynasty has arrived in Ulzhou." Zazhiv said.

"What?" Everyone in the tent exclaimed.

Selemo shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, Zazhiv, if you are still a man, you should not attribute the responsibility for inaction to the Ming Emperor's personal presence at the front, this is also too nonsense, how could the Ming Dynasty emperor come to the Ulzhou front at this time?" ”

Zazhfu said angrily: "I am telling the truth, I have seen the Chaganbala brothers driven by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty have come to the camp with me, if you don't believe me, you can call them to ask." ”

With a solemn face, Arislan stretched out his hand to stop the noise of the crowd and shouted, "Let them in." ”