Chapter 132: Dispatch of Troops
In fact, after sending Man Gui and Heiyunlong out, Apocalypse had already begun to dispatch troops to deal with Jianyu's retaliation.
Because he knew very well that as long as the Ming-Mongolian coalition army was not defeated by the Mongolian left wing departments, Huang Taiji could not sit idly by.
This is the responsibility that the big brother of this club should have, otherwise this club will not be able to bring it in the future.
It's just that I don't know how much revenge Huang Taiji will take, and it shouldn't be possible for the whole army to attack, after all, it's not a crime, and there is no need to mobilize the people like this.
And for Huang Taiji, the first task this time is rescue, followed by revenge.
And the most important thing in the rescue is to be fast, otherwise, not only the Karaqin Department is in danger, but the other departments will also suffer losses, Tianqi does not believe that in this case, Huang Taiji is not worried that the Mongolian left-wing tribes will turn to Lin Dan Khan again.
Therefore, Huang Taiji did not have much time to prepare, so it was impossible to mobilize too many troops, and he had to mainly use cavalry.
This judgment of the Apocalypse was also recognized by Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli, and he was also a lot more relieved.
Immediately, Tianqi ordered Zhao Shujiao, the chief soldier of the Liao army, and Zu Dashou to lead 10,000 cavalry each into the pass and reach Xifengkou.
Zu Dashou led the army out of the pass first, and went north to establish contact with Mangui, and the two sides kept echoing.
And Zhao led the sect to stay at Xifengkou temporarily, waiting for the opportunity to move.
At the same time, in the northwest, Tianqi ordered Yang Zhaoji, who had been appointed governor of Shaanxi in October last year because of his military exploits, to lead an army of 15,000 to Miyun to prepare for the rearguard, and also transferred the general Cao Wenzhao to his command, bringing his total strength to 20,000.
Cao Wenzhao has been suppressing Kou for half a year, and he will win almost every battle, after all, at this time, the Liukou has just started an incident and has not yet become a trend, so he is not the opponent of a fierce general like Cao Wenzhao at all.
The only regret is that he only killed Wang Er, Wang Jiayin, Wang Ziyong and other bandit leaders, Gao Yingxiang, who is most familiar with the apocalypse, is too slippery and doesn't know where to flee to hide.
Jinyiwei also dispatched a lot of people to search around, but no trace of him was found.
Although there are some regrets, the apocalypse is not very worried, unless this goods do not come out, once it comes out, Lao Tzu will be beaten like a storm, leaving no room for anything.
You can escape the first day of junior high school, but you can't escape the fifteenth.
I'm afraid that Gao Yingxiang would never have dreamed that he was a peasant, but he made some trouble, and there was not much movement, so he attracted the emperor's personal attention, I don't know if he should feel honored? Or should I rejoice?
But no matter how you say it, Gao Yingxiang is still only a small role now, so the biggest threat at the moment is still Jianyu.
When Zilharang led a group of Baylor to lead 8,000 elite cavalry into the Korqin Division, the Apocalypse had prepared an army of nearly 70,000 for him, and almost all of them were Ming elites.
Some people may think that Tianqi's move is self-defeating, and he actually gave up the strong city defense in the pass, and took the initiative to go to the vast Mongolian steppe to confront the Jianlu, who is good at field warfare, but in fact, it is unwise to sacrifice his own strengths and let Jianguo better play his strengths.
In fact, the Apocalypse did not intend to have a decisive battle with Jianyu, so the main force of the 70,000 army was almost all cavalry, and it was highly mobile.
Moreover, he also gave an order to all the commanders, not to ask any of you to destroy many prisoners, and suggested that there is no five-fold superiority in forces over the prisoners, and it is best not to fight them head-on.
Mainly to fight and fight against the tribes that surrendered to the Mongol left flank, and exhausted the captive divisions, weakening their prestige on the Mongol left flank.
As long as the Mongolian left wing is unstable, Jianyu will not be able to enter the army with confidence, which is the ultimate strategic goal of the Apocalypse.
However, when Zilharang left the Korqin Division, his troops were also greatly replenished, amounting to 15,000 men, because the Horqin Department sent 7,000 men and horses to help.
And the Korqin tribe is also a relatively strong existence among all the Mongolian tribes, so since the Nurhachi period, it has been co-opted and subdued by various means, and the most typical way is marriage.
After being subdued by force, and then tied up by means of constant marriage, the relationship between the Horqin tribe and the Manchu Qing was the most intimate.
Because of this, many prominent women in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the official history came from the Horqin Department, such as the most well-known Xiaozhuang.
At this time, Zilharang had a general understanding of the current situation, and the Karaqin tribe had already existed in name only, leaving only more than a thousand remnants led by the leader Subudi.
After the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces eliminated Karaqin, they did not continue to march, but rested hundreds of miles west of Karaqin.
Naiman, Ao Han and other troops formed a coalition army together, with more than 10,000 troops, but they stayed fifty miles west of Ao Han and did not advance again.
The reaction of the Mongolian left flank was expected by Zilharang, but the Ming-Mongolian coalition forces neither advanced nor retreated, so what was it for? Waiting for our reinforcements to arrive? There must be something strange about this.
He first went to the Naiman Department, and then to the Ao Han Department, and secretly met Huang Taiji's sister Mang Guji to understand the situation, and basically confirmed that the Naiman and Ao Han departments did not have any dissent for the time being.
Immediately, he continued to lead his troops westward, followed by the leader of the Naiman tribe, Gunchuk, and the leader of the Ao Han tribe, Zonom Duling, and the more than 10,000 cavalry of Saichen Zhuoliktu also merged into the Jianlu army, so that the strength of Zilharang's command reached about 28,000, which was already equivalent to the Ming-Mongolian coalition army led by Man Gui.
Hauge, Azig and other Baylors didn't take Man Gui seriously at all, believing that as long as five thousand Jurchen elites were enough to defeat him.
But the cautious Zilharang felt that this matter was definitely not so simple, because the joint action of the Ming State and the Chahar Ministry this time was obviously not something that could be decided by a general soldier of Mangui, but the result of the Ming court and Lin Dan Khan's agreement to implement it.
Since this is the case, it is impossible to send only the men and horses of Man Gui to fight against the Jurchen army, it is completely to send them to death.
Therefore, he did not rush to attack Mangui's department, but first sent a large number of spies to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and it didn't take long to learn that 10,000 cavalry led by Zu Dashou appeared in the south.
Sure enough, there was a cat, but with the addition of 10,000 cavalry, it was obviously not enough, and he continued to strengthen reconnaissance.
At this time, he also deeply realized the role of the eight Jin merchants, if these eight were still there, the layout and movement of the Ming army would have been placed in front of him a long time ago, but now he had to reconnoiter carefully, and it was difficult to obtain such accurate information as provided by the eight.
Since he knew that Jianyu would come, Man Gui naturally would not be indifferent, and he also sent a large number of sentinels these days, and Luo Sigong, under the order of the Apocalypse, continued to increase the investment of Jinyi Guard.
When the reinforcements of Jianguo appeared in the Horqin Department, Man Gui and Zu Dashou knew about it successively, and then it was difficult to hide the whereabouts of Jianlu, and the approximate strength was also controlled by the Ming army.
However, Zilharang did not know how many roads and how many troops the Ming army had.
The spies on both sides had already fought first, and Zilharang had captured more than a dozen spies of the Ming army, including Jinyiwei.
However, he got a shocking piece of information that the Ming army had deployed 300,000 troops on the front line of the Great Wall in Beizhili, ready to kill from the pass at any time.