Due to the rise of the Tatars, the Warat people lost the pastures north of the Hangai Mountain, and migrated to the Zabkhan River valley to avoid the Tatar edge, as the old saying goes, thirty years in the east of the river and thirty years in the west of the river, perhaps it is the will of heaven, just thirty years from the migration of the royal court to the Zabkhan River, under the leadership of the new Khan Zhu Houze, the Warat people not only recaptured the pastures north of the Hangai Mountain, but also once hit the Tatar royal court Hulan suddenly lost temperature, in the eyes of all the Warat people, the re-unification of the grassland is just around the corner, Then recreate the glory of the ancestors and enter the Central Plains.

In this battle between Warat and the Tatar and Duoyan coalition forces in Helin, the elites of all the tribes near the royal court were drained, only the royal court still had 10,000 elite horsemen, and no one believed that the Ming army dared to attack their royal court station alone.

It was almost dusk, in the Zabkhan River valley, in an unnamed lake, a dozen ragged Han female slaves were driving sheep, and several female slaves were fetching water by the lake, preparing to cook for the master of Warat.

These Han women were all taken captive by the Warats, and their families were killed by the Warats who broke through the gates, and they were assigned to the Waratus as slaves and lived a difficult life.

"I heard that Uncle Li's family was buried, hey! Maybe we'll see them tomorrow. ”

"Yes! I heard that the battle with Lin was fierce, and the people next door were all killed. ”

"Good death! It would be good if Daming participated in the war at this time, maybe we would have a chance to go back to our hometown to see, even if we died immediately, we would be at ease. ”

"Xiao Liu'er, don't dream, only the grassland has always fought us, when will we dare to send troops..."

"You, you, look over there...."

The Han girl, known as Xiao Liu'er, grabbed her arm and pointed into the distance and shouted.

At this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and I saw the yellow dust rolling on the road ahead, and an army of thousands of people galloped towards this side.

"Run! It's the Tatars who have killed! ”

They subconsciously thought that the Warats had been defeated and the Tatars had killed the Warat royal court, and although they were not Warats, once they fell into the hands of the Tatar soldiers, they would be tortured inhumanely until they died.

The other Han women who were working also found the rushing army, and they were immediately frightened, and they scattered in all directions in terror, but where could they outrun the war horses, and in a moment, they were surrounded by a group of cavalry, and all the Han girls were lying on the ground and shivering, only the Han girl called Xiao Liu'er raised her head bravely, and immediately burst into tears, she tentatively asked: "Are you the Ming army?" ”

"Han Chinese?"

A Ming cavalry drove forward, how could this Wara girl speak Chinese?

"Master Jun save me, the slave family is Han! The slave family is Han! ”

"Master Jun, help!"

"We are Han Chinese!"

At this time, those Han women all reacted, the army in front of them was the Ming army they were thinking about, suddenly, someone howled and cried, how many years, they finally waited for this moment, the court finally sent troops here, the pain in the heart broke out at this moment, a group of people hugged each other and cried bitterly, and some even cried to death.

"Don't cry!"

At this time, a guerrilla general from Jizhou came over and asked, "How far is the nearest tribe, and how far is this place from the royal court of the Warat people?" ”

"Back to the general's words, a little more than two miles ahead is the alliance of the Yellow Hat Department, we are all their slaves, they have more than 10,000 people, as for the royal court, we don't know."

Xiao Liu'er replied with a sob.

The guerrilla nodded, since it is the alliance headquarters of the Yellow Hat Department, it means that this place is not far from the royal court, and it is estimated that it is only ten or twenty miles.

Thinking of this, he slowly pulled out the saber at his waist, waved it, and ordered: "Kill!" ”

"Kill!"

Thousands of Jizhou elite horsemen shouted and launched a charge, rolling up a monstrous murderous aura and sweeping towards the camp of the Warats.

The Warat people who were preparing to eat were alarmed by the sound of horses' hooves, they ran out of the tent one after another, and suddenly found a large group of cavalry killing, they were terrified, scattered and fled, several Warat herdsmen rode horses to escape, but were missed by the Ming army's arrows through the back, screaming and falling off the horse.

At this time, someone in the chaotic crowd shouted, "It's the Ming army, fight with them!" ”

A leader-like old man of Warat drew a scimitar from his horse, but was shot through the neck by an arrow, a group of Warat teenagers brandished a scimitar and rushed towards the Ming army, and in an instant the head was cut off by the roaring Ming cavalry, and then, the entire camp was flooded by the iron hooves of the Ming army.

The remnant sun is like blood, a massacre is going on on the grassland, thousands of Jizhou cavalry wielding war knives, overwhelmingly chasing and killing the Warat people, countless people screamed and knelt on the ground, a Wara boy knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, a Ming cavalry galloped over, cracked sideways, ruthlessly cut off his head, roared past, and went to hunt the next target.

The frightened Warat herdsmen knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, but they were still mercilessly cut off by the Ming army, miserable cries, desperate screams sounded, corpses were piled up, blood flowed like rivers, and the originally quiet and peaceful steppe became a slaughterhouse on earth.

Wang Ziteng's raid on the Warat royal court started, since receiving the 20,000 elite cavalry sent to him by the prince Zhu Wucheng, Wang Ziteng began a careful deployment, including inquiring about the news around Helin, and at the same time actively preparing for war, waiting for the order of the imperial court, he sent a large number of scouts, while paying attention to the movement on the grassland, while exploring the strength of the Warat tribe around the Zabhan River, he found that because of the great battle with Lin, Zhu Houze transferred the vast majority of the troops, coupled with the benefits of the Ming army's weapons and armor, he firmly believed that a war could destroy the Wara royal court.

At the end of April, Wang Ziteng finally received the holy decree of Emperor Tianyou, and at the same time received the news that the Duke of Zhenguo had led the Imperial Forest Army to the north.

Wang Ziteng's only worry is that Zhu Houze has a large number of cavalry near the royal court, which may lead to his back road being cut off, but as he gets closer and closer to the royal court, he has more and more information, and Wang Ziteng is completely relieved, because the Tatars took over the armaments of the Ming Dynasty, and for a time they were able to suppress the Warat army on the battlefield, and the main force of Warat was pinned down in Helin, so the Zabhan River was his Wang Ziteng's world.

On the seventh day of the fifth month of the forty-first year of Tianyou, Wang Ziteng led the army to arrive at the periphery of the Warat royal court, such a big movement, the Warat people finally got the news, hastily formed a large army to resist the invading Ming army, a devastating battle officially started on the vast prairie, 50,000 Ming cavalry brandished swords, such as destroying the withering and decaying, killing the Warat people to the ground, blood flowed like a river, overwhelmingly chasing and killing the scattered and fleeing Warat people.

"Dashuai, I found the ancestral grave of the Yellow Hat."

A Ming scout brought the most uplifting news.

"Good!"

Wang Ziteng put down his clairvoyance and ordered: "Pass on my military order, cut all the ancestral graves of the Yellow Hat, and crush the bones and scatter ashes!" ”

Bowling Hou Shi Nai hesitated for a moment and persuaded: "It's okay to plan, just frustrate the bones and scatter the ashes!" ”

Wang Ziteng clasped his fist in the direction of the palace and saluted, "As a minister, you should share your worries for the king!" ”

After speaking, he ordered again: "Order, kill all the Warat men, and have a holiday tonight!" ”

When the news came out, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and they all desperately pursued and killed all the Warat men who could be seen, at this time, Datong General Xiangyang Bo Wang Bin persuaded: "This is the hinterland of Wara, we can't stay for a long time, let's withdraw if we kill women and children!" ”

"The soldiers have gone through ups and downs all the way, and it is really hard."

Then he pointed to the Ming soldiers who were running excitedly and said: "Next, we may encounter the Warat cavalry at any time, if we don't take the opportunity to let everyone relax and improve their morale, how can we make them desperate next!" Think about the Han women we saw, these Warat people are not worthy of pity! ”

Shi Nai and Wang Bin glanced at each other, shook their heads with a wry smile.

A day later, the Ming army left the burned court of Warat, and the army turned to Datong Mansion in Shanxi Province to join Niu Jizong's army.

Although Wang Ziteng thought that the return journey would be blocked, the seriousness of the situation was beyond his expectations, as soon as he left the Zabkhan River valley, he was attacked three times, which seriously slowed down the marching speed of the army, and he was constantly harassed at night, but a premeditated and organized night attack, although these small groups of Warats were annihilated, but Wang Ziteng and the three still realized that the situation was not good.

On the night of May 15, the forty-first year of the reign of God, the prince was pacing back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, and just now the news came from the sentry camp that two teams of patrols did not return to the camp, and even if they encountered the Warats, there should be remnants of the soldiers who fled back, but now, not a single remnant of the soldiers has been seen, and the problem is big.

At this time, Shi Nai spoke, "Dashuai, the situation is not good!" ”

"Yes! We may have fallen under the encirclement of the Warats. ”

Wang Bin worried.

At this moment, there was a rush of running sound outside the big tent, and a sentry spies rushed in directly and reported: "Marshal, we have found an army in the northeast that is rapidly approaching us, and it is estimated that there will be at least twenty or thirty thousand!" ”

As soon as the words fell, two personal soldiers came in with a bloodied sentry, only to see that the sentry was still missing two arrows on his back, and said in a trembling voice: "Big, handsome..... Ahead, there is, there is Warat.... Ambush ....."

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The prince is defeated!

On the third day of the imperial court to celebrate the destruction of the army of Wara Wangting, the imperial court received the news of the defeat of Wang Ziteng, the soul of the 30,000 Ming army broke the grassland, Xiangcheng Bo Wang Bin led the troops to break, the whereabouts are unknown, Baoling Marquis Shi Nai was seriously injured, Wang Ziteng led the remnants of the army to retreat to Helin.

When the news came, Shenjing City, which was still immersed in the joy of the great victory, trembled, and Emperor Tianyou was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

If it weren't for the cabinet ministers to stop them, the Wang family would have been unlucky this time.

The court officials such as Kong Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the hereditary first-class son of the Xiuguo Mansion of the Ministry of War, Hou Xiaokang, the Zuo Shidu of the Imperial Palace, and the Imperial Shi Meisheng of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, wrote to condemn the prince Teng for misleading the country, and Emperor Tianyou dismissed the prince Teng from his official position as the capital of the nine provinces in desperation.

The current situation has completely disrupted the layout of Emperor Tianyou, especially Wang Ziteng led the remnants to retreat to Helin, you know, just five days ago, the emperor beheaded Zhao Sheng's relatives at Caishikou, hehe, Zhao Sheng's relatives are not the relatives of Bayan Khan and other Tatar royal families, and the relationship between the two sides must be eased.

What made Emperor Tianyou most angry was that the defeat of Wang Ziteng directly dragged their father and son into the water, especially the impact on his reputation, the first war that took the initiative to conduct with foreign countries ended in this way, if he could not recover it in the next war, he would inevitably leave a stain on the history books, which was a result that was difficult for any emperor to accept.

After urgent discussion in the upper study, Emperor Tianyou ordered the Imperial Forest Army to rest in Datong Mansion to go out of the customs, and Shanhaiguan and Jizhou Town each transferred 10,000 elite cavalry to Xuanfu General Zhang Xiaoguang to listen to the order, and made every effort to ensure the safety of the Imperial Forest Army's grain route.

The military department urgently summoned Jia Jue back to Beijing for 600 miles and led the Ruishi battalion to fight in the grassland.

After hearing that Wang Ziteng was dismissed from his official position, Wang Ziteng's mother Liu couldn't sit still, and immediately came to Rongqing Hall with a heavy gift, hoping that the Jia family could help with the situation and say two good words in front of the emperor.

"Old lady...."

In the main house of Rongqing Hall, Wang Ziteng's wife Li knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

Jia's mother had an ugly face and sat on the soft couch without saying a word.

At this time, Jia Zheng returned to the house, and when he heard that the Wang family was coming, he rushed over directly, saluted briefly, and said directly: "Don't make trouble, this is already the best result, if it weren't for the cabinet to stop it, Jinyiwei would have raided the house a long time ago!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, especially Liu, her face was unusually pale, and her body shook for a while as if she was about to faint, so Aunt Xue hurriedly gave her a good breath, and it took a long time to ease up.

Jia Mu sighed lightly, sat up straight, and then asked Jia Zheng, "Is the situation really so serious?" ”

Jia Zheng nodded solemnly.

"Master, Uncle Baoyu can't be fine, otherwise what should Yuan Chun do?!"

Mrs. Wang's face was so sad that she almost burst into tears.

"What nonsense?"

Mother Jia's face was ugly, joking, when would Yuan Chun rely on Wang Ziteng? She heard what Concubine Zhen said that the Queen Mother intended to point out Yuan Chun to the crown prince as a side concubine, firstly because Yuan Chun was in her eyes, and secondly because of Jia Jue, his prince Teng did not have this ability.

As long as the Queen Mother opened her mouth, the emperor could not stop it.

Stupid woman!

Seeing that Jia's mother was not good-looking, Jia Zheng glanced at Mrs. Wang with dissatisfaction, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is also angry, after all, it was Uncle Baoyu's mistake that led to the defeat of the army, otherwise there would not have been such a big casualty." ”

Then, Jia Zheng told the news he had inquired about.

Jia Mu shook her head lightly, no wonder the emperor wanted to issue an order to copy the Wang family, this prince Teng was too dead, he actually mobilized the 10,000 Shanhaiguan elite cavalry on the flank at the critical moment of the battle between Yulinwei and Wara, which directly led to the rout of Yulinwei, and then the army was overwhelmed by the main force of more than 100,000 Warat.

At this time, Jia Zheng continued: "Don't worry too much, now the grassland has become a pot of porridge, and the most taboo on the battlefield is to change the commander in battle, besides, the whereabouts of Xiangyang Bo are unknown, and the second cousin is seriously injured, and the holy decree of seizing the post will not be sent to the front line at this time, and the next battle will only get bigger and bigger, during this period, Uncle Baoyu will definitely be able to make meritorious contributions, and it is impossible to say that His Majesty will change his mind when the time comes." ”

Seeing that there was still a sad look on Liu's face, he continued: "At this time, don't go around asking for relationships, let things cool down, only if everyone forgets about this matter, it will be beneficial to Uncle Baoyu." ”

Liu thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, leave it to God!" ”

After a few polite words, he left the gift and left in a hurry.

Looking at the back of Mrs. Wang and the others leaving, Jia's mother narrowed her eyes, looked at Jia Zheng and said angrily: "Who said this to you?" ”

Jia Zheng was stunned, and explained with a wry smile: "I just met my eldest brother in the back porch, and I listened to what he said." ”

Hearing this, Mother Jia was full of displeasure, and said to the maid beside her: "Go, call the eldest master!" ”

Without waiting for the maid to go out, she said again, "Forget it, don't go." ”

"Hehe...."

Jia Zheng chuckled, and said that the eldest brother was the eldest brother, and seeing Jia's mother looking at him dissatisfied, he hurriedly said: "The military department urgently summons Brother Jue to return to Beijing in six hundred miles, and it is estimated that he will return home before the end of June." ”

"The Sword Comes"

Jia Mu's eyes lit up, "So Yu'er is coming back!" ”

“.....”

Jia Zheng nodded silently.