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Bald Meng Ke had already formed a team to attack the remnants of Ulzhou who dared to go down the mountain to intercept them, but when he learned the news of the arrival of Ming reinforcements, his first thought was: Withdraw the army quickly!

Especially after witnessing the devastating annihilation of the 2,000 cavalry that came to aid the Ming army, Bald Meng realized that it was the elite main force of the Ming army, and it was the cavalry of the brigade, and the mobility was not inferior to his own Tatar army, and the matter was a little bigger.

The situation is in a dilemma, no matter how much you hope to evacuate this valley quickly, but you have to be cautious, it is taboo for the soldiers to evacuate in a panic, the other party is an elite cavalry, and you can take advantage of the chaos during the retreat to disperse the formation of the army, and the consequences are unimaginable.

Although he was very hesitant and irritable, but soon, the news brought by the soldiers who fled back made Bald Meng rekindle the flame of hope, although the Ming army that came to reinforce was elite, but its number was only three or four thousand, plus the two thousand remnants of the infantry of the Ulzhou Wei Ming Army were defeated by only five or six thousand, and they still had fifteen thousand iron cavalry on hand, and they were not afraid at all in terms of strength, and if they fought head-on, they would have a great chance of winning.

The only thing to worry about is that I don't know how many follow-up reinforcements the Ming army has, where they are, in case they are halfway through the battle, and the reinforcements of the Ming army arrive, won't they be dragged in the quagmire and difficult to get out.

Bald Meng can urgently convene a meeting of generals in the army to solicit opinions, but the opinions of the Tartar generals are very unanimous, and some advocate an immediate attack to defeat the Ming army in front of them, and triumph after a big victory; Some advocated that after the break with thousands of cavalry, the main force should immediately withdraw from the pass of the Great Wall and return to Tatar territory, so as not to be delayed by the reinforcements of the follow-up Ming army and unable to get out.

After weighing it up and considering the opinions of several clan leaders, Bald Meng chose to withdraw his troops, although he really wanted to fight this battle, he couldn't take the elite risk at hand. The strength of the Tatar State is really limited, and the price paid in the process of unifying the various departments is not small, and the population of the Tatar State has also declined very much, and the whole Tatar currently barely has 100,000 soldiers to fight, all of whom are his treasures.

He captured the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty and mobilized a total of 40,000 troops, and the battle on both wings plus the losses here, the casualties have been nearly 10,000, although the casualties of the Ming army are not less than this number, but the Ming army fights, they can not afford to fight; If this battle is lost, the loss of the main force will be too large, and if the Ming army makes a large-scale crusade, it will be questionable whether his Dayan Khan can continue to sit down.

Considering all kinds of constraints, Bald Meng Ke finally decided to withdraw his troops, but there is also a suitable way to withdraw the troops, it is a dangerous thing to evacuate the gourd-shaped pass of the Great Wall in front of the Ming army, Bald Meng does not want to be beaten by the Ming army with his tail and can't fight back, so he came up with a plan to cover people's eyes.

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After the infantry cleaned up the battlefield, the 4,000 cavalry brought by Zhang Lun moved forward in a formation and was ready to attack, closely monitoring the movements of the Tartar army, and preparing to attack and meet the enemy at any time; Although some generals immediately took advantage of the situation to pursue, Zhang Lun was not carried away by the victory in the first battle, he had to wait for the follow-up infantry of the Fenwu Battalion and the Shenji Battalion to arrive before he was willing to move, the 10,000 horses of the Fenwu Battalion plus the 3,000 firearms of the Shenji Battalion and the Tartars had the strength to fight, and the more than 15,000 cavalry of the Tartars were not paper and mud decorations.

There is only one situation in which Zhang Lun will choose to attack immediately, and that is the retreat of the Tartar camp, which is also the consensus of Song Nan and Zhang Lun.

Zhang Lun and Song Nan rode side by side on a grassy slope, watching the movement of the Tartar military camp a few miles away, Song Nan grabbed a piece of dry pancake in his hand and chewed it, he hadn't eaten a full meal for seven or eight days, and now he felt as if he had not eaten enough, and he had eaten three or four pancakes in a while.

Zhang Lun frowned and looked at the movement of the Tartar military camp in the distance, looked at Song Nan and said: "The Tartar soldiers don't look flustered at all, they are really difficult opponents, I thought they would withdraw or attack us, but they didn't move at all, and they really calmed down." ”

Song Nan swallowed the last bite of the bread, rolled his eyes in choke, and burped: "The Tartars don't know each other, and they know that the little grandfather didn't run away when he came, but they suffered a lot." ”

Zhang Lun glanced at Song Nan and said, "Are you making fun of me?" I have been rushing here day and night after receiving the letter from you, and I am sleepy and tired of people and horses along the way, and it will be difficult for us to stop the Tartars if they force their way forward, and it will take at least an hour for the infantry to arrive, and I don't want to fight the Tartars now. ”

Song Nan smiled: "I understand, I estimate that you need ten days to arrive, you are faster than I imagined, before leaving Beijing, I ask you to prepare for the rescue, although the little grandfather does not think so, but it turns out that the little grandfather still trusts him." ”

Zhang Lun sighed: "Yes, before leaving, you asked me to transfer troops to be stationed in the north of the city, I did think you were making a fuss, it turned out that you were right, this time it is extremely dangerous, if the emperor is captured by the Tartars, then the world will be in chaos." ”

Song Nan smiled: "Little grandfather, is this big credit a gift from me this time?" Just by virtue of your thousands of miles to lead the army from the capital to help, it is a great achievement; The reinforcements from Datong and Xuanfu near the left are still unknown, and the Beijing camp has shown its face this time. ”

Zhang Lun smiled and said: "You don't have to be obedient, you don't need to remind me, in short, remember that you are good this time, you still have a conscience, my mouth is not as sweet as yours, and I won't say anything sweet, I will compensate you in the future." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "What kind of compensation do we talk about, as long as the little grandfather doesn't see me, he will shout and kill and be satisfied, if I have something to ask for, I only ask the little grandfather to fulfill my marriage with Ling Mei, and persuade the old man to raise his noble hand." ”

Zhang Lun said: "I'm afraid the old man won't object this time, Song Nan, you are very good, not only do you have some skills, but you are also very lucky; It was a bad thing for the emperor to be attacked, but you just profited from it, and your luck was so good, I had to obey you. ”

Song Nan laughed and said, "Is this luck?" I don't want this kind of luck, I almost died on that beacon, who loves such luck? I'm just taking precautions, the emperor is out to patrol the border town, I naturally have to consider the worst situation, and I also hope to rescue you in time if there is a change, which is called being prepared. ”

Zhang Lun pouted and said: "In the end, it's still good luck, if the Tartars don't come, it's useless to be prepared." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "I said that I seem to hope that the emperor will be attacked, I can't stand it." ”

Zhang Lun looked at the enemy camp in the distance and said: "Don't talk about this, the current trouble has not been solved yet, maybe the Tartars will attack with all their strength as soon as they go crazy, and you and I will die here, what credit do you have to talk about." ”

Song Nan shook his head and said: "Probably not, Bald Meng is afraid that the follow-up reinforcements will entangle them, he will definitely not take the initiative to attack, he doesn't know that your little grandfather is also worried that he will fight to the death." ”

Zhang Lun sighed and said: "Also, 20,000 people besieged a beacon tower more than ten zhang high but couldn't take it down, how stupid should this person be?" ”

Song Nan laughed and said: "Little grandfather, if I didn't attack you, you can't take the beacon tower with 20,000 soldiers and horses, because I am here." ”

Zhang Lun rolled his eyes and said: "You just take shit luck, 20,000 people can't be attacked, I can go home and take care of my children." ”

Song Nan shook his head and said: "If you see the steepness of the beacon tower, you will know the difficulty, the Tartar does not have ladders and other climbing equipment, and it is difficult for people to climb up the cliff more than ten zhang high, not to mention that there are people stationed with firearms on it, you are attacking and seeing?" At first, the bald man could trap us to death, but later he found that we couldn't trap us with dry food and water, so he hurriedly attacked; Thousands of people were killed and wounded in more than a dozen attacks, and if it were you, what would you do? ”

Zhang Lun said: "What firearm of yours can have such great power." ”

Song Nan took off the double-barreled firecracker shotgun on his waist and showed it to Zhang Lun, Zhang Lun looked at it over and over again and frowned: "What kind of firearm is this, why haven't I seen it." ”

Song Nan retrieved it and inserted it in his waist and said: "I can only tell you that this thing can be fired continuously, without ignition, the strike distance is thirty steps, covering the range of Fang Yuanzhangxu, there are twenty-three of these things on the top of the beacon tower, if the ammunition is sufficient, the food and water are sufficient, I will stay on the top of the peak for a year and the tartar will not want to climb up." ”

Zhang Lun was stunned and said, "So powerful? Where did it come from? ”

Song Nan said mysteriously: "If the little grandfather is interested, after returning to Beijing, you can assist me in asking the imperial court to allocate funds to manufacture this thing in batches, and I can also share it with the little grandfather." ”

Zhang Lun pinched his chin and said, "You don't tell me that you made this thing privately, and the military department can't spare you." ”

Song Nan laughed: "Can't spare me? I'm afraid they'll beg grandpa to sue grandma, and come to me. ”

Zhang Lun disagreed, thinking that Song Nan was bragging, but Song Nan did hold the beacon tower for eight days, which is beyond doubt, and can only be attributed to the stupidity of the Tartars.

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard the horn in the enemy camp sounding, and hurriedly put their hands on the pergola to look, but seeing that the Tartar army camp was very dusty, the black cavalry began to assemble in front of the camp, and there was an attack.

Zhang Lun exclaimed: "The Tartars want to attack!" ”

Song Nan was also stunned, he just thought that the Tartars would not take the initiative to attack, and in the blink of an eye, he was slapped with a big mouth.

"It seems like it's going to attack."

"Quick, give me the order, and prepare to meet the enemy." Zhang Lun had no time to ridicule Song Nan's misjudgment, and rode his horse down the dirt slope, Song Nan frowned and galloped to the front of the battle, constantly thinking about the intention of the Tartar in his heart.

Do the Tartar soldiers really want to fight to the death with the Ming army? There's something strange about this.