Chapter 409 Sun Chuanting sent troops to Montenegro, and Li Hongji went undercover
Naturally, no one wants to travel thousands of miles to the grassland to fight in winter, so they naturally want to stay at home and get some goods to go to the horse market to earn money. However, a military order is a military order, and no one dares to disobey it.
Sun Chuanting is the governor of the three sides, at this moment the Ming Dynasty has just expelled Jiannu to recover most of Liaodong, when the imperial court is majestic and prosperous, although the generals of Datong Town have complaints, but they do not dare to disobey.
In the name of the governor, Hou Sui made overall planning and determined the number of troops that the garrisons of each city should bring, basically three or four hundred per city and dozens of forts, and raised a total of 30,000 troops and assembled them in the westernmost Weiyuanwei. Ordnance baggage, grain and grass raising, these all need to be coordinated, and they are all the affairs of Hou Sui, the governor, and Sun Chuanting does not pay attention to it.
It is indeed very difficult to complete the assembly of the army and the collection of grain and grass in 20 days. However, Hou Sui was indeed talented, and under his multi-party supervision, he still completed it on time. At the same time, 10,000 Xuanfu soldiers also arrived in Datong.
Sun Chuanting was not idle, he issued a military order to Yulinwei as the governor of the three sides, ordering Yulin to send 10,000 troops, out of the town of Qiangbao, through the Ordos Department to cross the Yellow River, from the west road to attack Montenegro.
After the Ordos tribe was defeated by Lin Dan Khan, most of the tribesmen were plundered to the city of Helin Guihua, and only a few herdsmen remained on the south bank of the Yellow River to guard the tomb of Genghis Khan. Considering the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, Sun Chuanting wrote a letter to the remaining tribes in Ordos in the name of the imperial court, announcing the matter of the Ming army's borrowing of the road. At the same time, Sun Chuanting ordered the Yulin army to send troops to attack if the Ordos tribe dared to stop it.
With the strength of Yulinwei, it may not be the opponent of the Mongols left behind in Ordos, but there is still the Yansui army in the south of Yulin, and Zhang Shize has returned to Yan'an and still serves as the commander-in-chief of Yansui. Now in northern Shaanxi, the armor protection system is implemented, and all men are trained in military training during the slack time, which is almost a model of all soldiers, and if you mobilize urgently, there is no problem in recruiting 50,000 troops.
At the same time as the Yulin soldiers entered Mongolia, Zhang Shize would take 20,000 Yansui Janissaries north to Yulin to take over the border defense of Yulinwei.
On the sixth day of the first month of November, Hou Sui led the Datong soldiers out of Zhenqiang Fort and marched north along the east bank of the Yellow River.
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The Ming army attacked in three directions, and the movement was very large, so naturally it was impossible to keep it completely secret. Although there is a border wall separating the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, there are gaps that can be crossed for thousands of miles, and they cannot block the exchange of news at all. The news of the Ming army's three-way attack soon reached Montenegro.
Montenegro is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, dozens of miles away from the Yellow River, is a mountain that is not too high, every clear day, under the sunshine, the stone of the main peak shines with cyan light, so it is called Montenegro. In fact, the Black Mountain Range contains a variety of rare minerals, and another time and space, more than 300 years later, the world's largest rare earth mine was built here.
At this time, the displaced army naturally did not know the preciousness of the mines on the mountain, and the reason why they were stationed here was that the terrain of Montenegro was towering and conducive to defense, and second, the south of Montenegro, until the bank of the Yellow River, was flat and fertile, and there was the water of the Yellow River, which was the most conducive to farming.
Three years ago, after being surrounded and suppressed by the official army on three routes, Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang and others entered Mongolia with tens of thousands of displaced people. As soon as they entered the territory of Mongolia, they were attacked by the Mongolian cavalry, and the exile army at that time was poor and on the verge of life and death, but it burst out with its last strength, and even withstood the attack of hundreds of Mongolian light cavalry, killing the Mongolian cavalry and fleeing.
These hundreds of cavalry are only a small tribe in the Ordos Department, very poor, and their combat effectiveness is also very weak, and even the arrows are made of bones, so they are naturally not the opponent of tens of thousands of rogue people's army. However, the impact of this war was significant. The Ordos Department urgently mobilized, and 20,000 cavalry were assembled to drive the invading Ming people away.
With the situation of the exile army at that time, it was naturally no match for 20,000 Mongolian cavalry. Fortunately, Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang, the commanders of the Exile Army, and others were far-sighted and took the initiative to send people to contact the Ordos Department, telling them their identities and telling the Mongols that they were not enemies of the Mongols, but were forced to come to the grassland to find a place to live.
After figuring out the identity of the Displaced People's Army, the Ordos Department was also very suspicious, and he didn't know what to do for a while. This Han army is numerous, and it looks like it is not easy to mess with, and if there is a big fight, the Ordos Department will also suffer heavy losses. Moreover, at that time, Lin Dan Khan led the Chahar Department to the west, and there was an attempt to occupy the grassland south of Yinshan, and the Ordos Department needed to unite with the Karaqin Department to deal with Lin Dan Khan from the west, and there was no energy to deal with the exile army.
Therefore, after repeated consultations, the Ordos Ministry agreed that the Displaced People's Army would stay in the Black Mountain area on the north bank of the Yellow River, but in the future, the Displaced People's Army would pay tribute to the Ordos Ministry every year on grain and vegetables, etc., which was tantamount to treating the Displaced People's Army as a subordinate tribe.
In order to stay in Mongolia, Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang and others agreed to the Mongols, so that they could settle down in Montenegro.
In the past three years in Montenegro, Wang Jiayin and Gao Yingxiang led the displaced people to reclaim the fields, plant various crops of grain, and exchange grain and vegetables for cattle and sheep fur from Mongolian herdsmen, and survived with difficulty, even better than the Ming Dynasty.
After all, the land in the Hetao area is fertile, and there is no government expropriation and expropriation, but it is much easier to live here than in the Ming Dynasty.
However, after all, they lived in the territory of the Mongols, and the strength of the Ordos Department was weak and could not deal with the displaced army, so they were unwilling to take action against the displaced army. However, the Chahar Department from the west is powerful, with tens of thousands of people controlling the strings, and the side of the couch naturally does not allow others to sleep soundly.
Lin Dan Khan first sent cavalry to conquer, and then personally led a large army to attack. Wang Jiayin Gao Yingxiang led his troops to retreat to Montenegro, relying on the terrain to resist the Mongol cavalry with great difficulty, and in addition to heavy casualties, it also caused great casualties to the Mongols.
After many unsuccessful crusades against the Wandering Army, and Xu Hongmin, the leader of the Han White Lotus Sect in Guihua City, said that Lin Dan Khan reluctantly agreed to the Wandering Army to stay in Montenegro, but to pay 10,000 stone of grain to the Chahar Department every year.
In order to survive, Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang and others gritted their teeth and agreed. It is really the situation that is stronger than people, and with the strength of the Wandering People's Army, it is not the opponent of the Chahar Department at all. In this way, tens of thousands of displaced soldiers lived a difficult life in the Montenegrin region, and their lives gradually improved.
Of course, there were also people who couldn't stand the bitter cold outside the Saiwai, and all kinds of news kept coming from the Ming Dynasty, saying that the emperor had disposed of the landlords and gentry in his hometown in northern Shaanxi, and divided the land among the poor people, and the people of northern Shaanxi were living better and better. After all, it is difficult to leave their homeland, and many people choose to leave Montenegro and return to their hometown in northern Shaanxi across the desert, but more people still stay, after all, it is more free here.
In the past few years in Montenegro, Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang and other leaders have also wanted to accumulate strength, look for opportunities, fight back to Daming, and rebel again. Especially after Li Hongji came to Montenegro and told everyone about the situation in Daming, Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang and others were even more moved. But he didn't expect that before they could make a move, they waited for the news of the attack of the official army.
"Come on, call that intruder!" Wang Jiayin ordered in a deep voice.
Soon, the tall and burly Li Hongji walked into Wang Jiayin's big tent, but saw that Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings, Bai Yuzhu, Zijin Liang and other leaders were all in the tent.
The Black Mountain Wandering Army, Wang Jiayin is the big boss, and under him are the leaders of Zuo Liang and Right Pillar, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other leaders, of course, Li Hongji, the general is now one of the leaders, but the force is relatively weak, and there are only 100 people under his command, which belongs to the command of Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang.
More than half a year ago, Li Hongji fled with his people to Saiwai and joined the Montenegrin Exile Army. Gao Yingxiang and other "acquaintances" were shocked, and they all knew that Li Hongji had taken refuge in the government and had become a guerrilla general.
At that time, Li Hongji told Wang Jiayin Gao Yingxiang that he had committed a major crime in western Liaoning, because he robbed the people's women to occupy the military fields, and was ordered by Lu Xiangsheng of Liaodong to be arrested in Ningyuan City for questioning. Li Hongji was unwilling to be captured, and with the help of Li Jin, Yuan Zongdi and other henchmen, he killed the guards of Jinglufu who escorted him, fled back to his hometown in northern Shaanxi, and tried to make trouble again. However, northern Shaanxi had been completely occupied by the Praetorian Guards, and there was no chance at all, and the government was chasing after it tightly, so it had to flee to the outside of the Saiwai.
Regarding Li Hongji's words, Wang Jiayin was suspicious, but he couldn't notice any flaws. After all, with Li Hongji's temperament, it is not uncommon for him to rob the people's women and occupy the land.
"I don't know, I was already a garrison of a fort at that time, and I was far away from Ningyuan City, you say, as the lord of a city, what is it for me to find a few wives and get some military fields? But that Lu Xiangsheng didn't look down on people like me at all, and after hearing about it, he ordered Ning Yuan to be caught and questioned. If he is caught in Ning Yuan, losing his official position is a trivial matter, and most of them will be executed. At that time, I thought, anyway, I don't have a home or a mouth, why should I suffer from this bird's anger, forget it! At that time, Li Hongji said.
Wang Jiayin was also born in the official army, so he naturally knew that civilian officials had always looked down on martial artists, especially military generals who were born as thieves, and Li Hongji's experience was not impossible.
It's easy to say if you understand, Wang Jiayin and the others didn't go to the government undercover to think about it. After all, who would let a good general city lord be inappropriate and come to such a bitter cold place as an undercover agent, it is simply impossible.
However, after all, Li Hongji has no credit to the Wandering Army, and he brought more than ten subordinates, and his strength is too weak, so Wang Jiayin let him belong to Gao Yingxiang, and he has no qualifications to lead a battalion for the time being, Gao Yingxiang appointed him as the small leader, and allocated more than 100 men and horses to Li Hongji.
"I've seen the big bosses, I've seen the leaders." Li Hongji made a round salute.
"Chuang general, you said that Liaodong has not been recovered, and the official army is holding off with Jiannu in Liaodong, and it is impossible to attack Montenegro, but now there is news from Datong that the imperial court sent Sun Chuanting as the governor of the three sides and sent 50,000 troops to attack in three ways, what is going on?" Wang Jiayin asked.
When he first arrived in Montenegro, Li Hongji gave Wang Jiayin and others a detailed analysis of the situation in Liaodong, and according to Li Hongji's statement, the Ming Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, and could not take care of the exiled army in Montenegro at all.
Li Hongji frowned and said: "Does the big boss mean that the commander of the army is Sun Chuanting?" ”
Wang Jiayin nodded and said, "Exactly." ”
"That's right." Li Hongji sighed, "Sun Chuanting is a great man, when he was the governor of Liaodong, he dared to make a detour to attack the grain road behind Jiannu with a few thousand cavalry, and he was even defeated. Later, Jiannu made a detour to attack Gyeonggi, Sun Chuanting led 40,000 Liao soldiers to enter the customs and Jiannu battle, received the emperor's credit, commanded more than 100,000 Qinwang army and Jiannu battle, but was killed by Jiannu in Yongping Mansion and was defeated, the loss of troops was broken, and only tens of thousands of more than 100,000 Qinwang troops were killed and wounded.
Because of this defeat, the imperial court was furious, and almost wanted to put Sun Chuanting in prison, but later it was Lu Xiangsheng who interceded for him, considering Sun Chuanting's past merits, the emperor ordered Sun Chuanting to be driven to Nanjing to be idle, but he did not expect to be appointed as the governor of the trilateral this time. Sun Chuanting has always been very happy, and the new official has three fires when he takes office, so he must want to take our Montenegro first, so as to change his impression of the emperor. ”
"Listen to what you mean, isn't Sun Chuanting's main purpose as the governor of the three sides to exterminate us?" Wang Jiayinhu said suspiciously.
Li Hongji shook his head: "Naturally not." Great masters, leaders, with all due respect, with the situation of our Montenegro, it is not worth appointing a trilateral governor by the imperial court. In my opinion, most of the imperial court was worried about the grassland, and was worried that Jiannu would attack from the direction of the grassland, so it sent Sun Chuanting as the governor of the three sides to rectify the border defense. ”
"That's it." Gao Yingxiang said with a smile, "Big boss, some time ago, Lin Dan Khan didn't send people to Montenegro to urge us to pay tribute as soon as possible, at that time, according to Lin Dan Khan's envoy, Jiannu is likely to attack Guihua City in winter, so we must prepare early, the envoy also said that if Jiannu attacks, we Montenegro will not be able to survive alone, and then we will send troops to help guard Guihua City." Now it seems that the imperial court appointed Sun Chuanting as the governor of the three sides, mostly to deal with Jiannu. ”
"If you deal with Jiannu, you should deal with Jiannu, why do you want to deal with us in Montenegro?" Wang Jiayin was very depressed.
"No matter what Sun Chuanting thinks, we have fled to the grassland, the official army still refuses to give up, in my opinion, we will give them a ruthless beating, if we can defeat the official army, maybe we can take the opportunity to kill the Ming Dynasty, not only can we avoid the Jiannu soldiers, but also take the opportunity to loot in the Ming Dynasty, the people in the Ming Dynasty are not happy, and I don't know how many people will take the initiative to follow, isn't it much stronger than the bitter cold land outside the plug here?" Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, stood up and said loudly.
"That's right, the Eight Kings are right, instead of using the Mongols as cannon fodder to resist Jiannu, it is better to invade the territory of the Ming Dynasty!" Gao Yingxiang also praised.
"But are we opponents of the official army?" Zi Jinliang, the left prime minister under Wang Jiayin, was suspicious.
Everyone fell silent, yes, although the idea is good, can it be better than the official army?
"Brother Chuangjiang, what do you think?" Wang Jiayin looked at Li Hongji.
ps: The first update of 4,000 words, I should be able to write another chapter today.