Chapter 35: The Sword Goes to the Desert
The north wind hunted, and the sound of galloping horses' hooves broke the silence of the night.
Zhu Qizhen took the three thousand battalions and advanced a distance of seventy or eighty miles in one go, and at this time he was already sleepy and tired, and his speed gradually slowed down.
Li Zhen followed closely behind him and asked, "Your Majesty, where are we going now?" ”
Zhu Qizhen looked around, under the hazy moonlight, the visual range was no more than half a meter, and only faintly heard some noise in the distance, as if the Warat people were still in hot pursuit.
"Which line is the closest way back to Beijing?"
Li Zhen replied: "Continue to go forward, enter the customs from Gubeikou, and you can go all the way south into Changping!" ”
Zhu Qizhen nodded, and was just about to make a decision, when suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.
Entering the customs from Gubeikou, this is the nearest route back to Beijing.
However, what can I think of, can't the Warat people think of?
At this time, the night is dark and the wind is high, and you can't see each other, and the other party can't see yourself.
What would they do in such a situation?
"Li Zhen!"
"The minister is here!"
Zhu Qizhen suddenly asked, "If you were a Warat person, what would you do?" ”
Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, then reacted and muttered, "The ministers will guess the most likely route of the emperor's march, and then continue the pursuit." ”
"You're right!" Zhu Qizhen said thoughtfully, "The Warat people are all skilled in riding, if we continue to move forward, I am afraid that we will be caught up before we reach Gubeikou." ”
"That'...... What are we going to do? ”
Zhu Qizhen's brain is running rapidly, the number of chasing soldiers is superior, and it is obviously not a wise move to fight hard, the black light is blind, and there is no time to set traps, if you want to get rid of them, you can only do the opposite.
After making up his mind, he stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and said, "Northwest direction!" ”
Li Zhen's face was puzzled, and she thought that she had heard it wrong.
Going to the northwest, isn't it getting farther and farther away from Beijing?
Moreover, the northwest direction is the territory of the warat, and the enemy army may appear at any time!
"Your Majesty, the minister suggested that the minister should bring a thousand people to stay behind to block the pursuing soldiers, and the emperor should take people to take the first step and return to Beijing from Beigukou!"
Zhu Qizhen knew that Li Zhen wanted to abandon the car to protect the handsome and volunteered to be the car, but I didn't even want to give up the lives of the homeless, would I watch my soldiers die?
"Spread my will, march in the northwest direction, the speed can be slowed down a bit, and the noise of the war horse can be minimized!"
Li Zhen said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the ministers ......"
"This is the Holy Decree!" Zhu Qizhen interrupted him and said, "Execute!" ”
"Minister...... Obey! ”
Li Zhen shook her head secretly and didn't say anything more.
The Ming army hurried overnight, and when the sun rose, they didn't know how far they had gone.
Zhu Qizhen stood on a low hillside, looking around, the pursuers behind him had long since disappeared, and it seemed that they were really going in the direction of Gubeikou.
Although he has temporarily escaped from the pursuers, the current situation is still not optimistic.
The main force of Yexian is still in Badaling, and there are chasing soldiers in Beigukou, and these two passes cannot be walked, and it seems that there is no third way to go.
Li Zhen said behind him: "Your Majesty, you can't go further north, if you go any further, you will enter the territory of the Warat people!" ”
As soon as these words came out, a thought suddenly flashed in Zhu Qizhen's mind.
It is true that the grassland is the territory of the enemy, and don't forget, there is a saying that the more dangerous the place, the safer, and now that the Warat people are pouring out of their nests, how many are left in the family to fight?
In fact, Warat's attack on the Ming Dynasty was not just one way, but four ways.
He also personally led an army of 90,000 first, and then added 30,000, a total of 120,000 main forces to attack Datong and Xuanfu, and beat Zhu Qizhen, who was personally conquered, and besieged it in Tumubao.
Arazhiyuan led 30,000 men to attack Xuanfu, and then merged with Yexian.
In addition, there are also 20,000 horses from Suzhou with 20,000 horses from the West Route Army, 30,000 horses and horses from the East Road to raid Liaodong, and almost all the troops on the grassland are evacuated by the soldiers and horses of the Fourth Road, and the old nest in Mobei has long been out of soldiers to defend.
If a Ming cavalry suddenly entered Mobei at this time, what would it be like?
The moment this thought appeared, he himself felt his heart pound.
The lone army is deep, and the whole army may be wiped out at any time.
If it succeeds, it will be like a sharp sword, piercing the heart of the Warats.
It's a gamble, a game of life.
Zhu Qizhen pondered for a long time, but he couldn't make up his mind.
After all, there are still 3,000 soldiers behind him, and their lives should not be taken as a gamble.
However, when he thought of the bloody battles in the past few days, as well as the soldiers who died in front of him, he suddenly felt that the blood in his whole body began to boil.
Why can you invade my land and slaughter my people?
Come if you want, go if you want, you are a bus when I am a big Ming!
Zhu Qizhen slowly raised his head and said resolutely: "Continue to the north!" ”
Li Zhen was puzzled and persuaded: "Your Majesty, if you go any further, you will really enter the territory of the Warat people!" ”
"Their territory?" Zhu Qizhen sneered, "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the remnant forces of the Yuan Dynasty dare to touch my Ming territory, I will go to their hometown to see if it is the Longtan Tiger's Den!" ”
Li Zhen was shocked, and her first reaction was that the emperor was crazy!
However, after thinking about it, the way back to Beijing at this time has been blocked, and if it breaks into Mobei, it may really be able to break out of a way.
Zhu Qizhen lifted the reins, and the war horse under him turned around, facing the crowd.
"Soldiers!"
Seeing the emperor's speech, everyone immediately quieted down and waited quietly.
"You went out of the city with me to kill the enemy and save the people captured by the Warats, and you have made a great contribution!"
"However, we can't just go back now, the Warat people have been invading my Daming border town for a long time and slaughtering my Daming people, I don't know if there are any of your family members among these suffering people, but sooner or later, their butcher's knives will be on the heads of your parents, family, brothers and sisters!"
"They rely on the advantage of cavalry, they can come and go when they want, how can there be such a cheap deal in the world?"
"Therefore, I am ready to take you to kill the nest of the Warat people together, and let them taste the taste of being slaughtered, and avenge the thousands of people of the Ming Dynasty who were killed!"
"I want to make the Warats understand that blood debts must be paid with blood!"
Airplanes!
After Zhu Qizhen finished speaking, the bottom boiled directly.
Everyone was excited and excited.
This expedition, in the first half of the expedition, he was beaten by the Warat people, and when he was in a bag.
Although the emperor later led everyone to turn defeat into victory, no one dared to go deep into the desert to slaughter the nest of the Warat people!
If it can be successful, it can be called an ancient achievement!
Li Zhen didn't hesitate at this time, he finally understood the emperor's intentions, and at the same time, the blood in his whole body was already surging.
I saw him draw his waist knife and shout vigorously: "Blood debt and blood payment!" ”
With Li Zhen taking the lead, all the soldiers shouted along.
"Blood debt and blood payment!"
"Blood debt and blood payment!"
"Blood debt and blood payment!"
Seeing that the soldiers were in high spirits, Zhu Qizhen turned his horse's head again and pointed his sword at the desert.
"Listen to my orders and go!"