"From which direction is the enemy coming?"

Dayan Khan rushed out of the tent at the sound of the sound, the flickering torches could only illuminate the area in front of him, and in the distance, it was pitch black.

How many people and where they are are not clear for a while.

So he asked the question.

However, several of his generals ran around nervously and came back and replied: "Great Khan, the enemy is coming from all directions!" ”

"In all directions?! How many people are this? ”

"It's too dark to see clearly!"

They were in a hurry, and they all put on their horses and prepared to fight, but after really tossing for a while, they found that the so-called battles were concentrated in the edge area, and in the center of the place, there was actually no feeling of fighting.

Dayan Khan gradually realized that something was wrong, relaxed, and said with a smile: "The Ming army is also poor in donkey skills, and the empty city plan is in vain, and the night attack harasses the enemy, and the momentum is not big. Who went to destroy this Ming army for Ben Khan? ”

Kutai was the most intense, "Great Khan! The end will be wished! ”

"Good! Order you to lead 3,000 elite horsemen, remember, don't fall in love after breaking the enemy, go and return quickly! ”

"Yes!"

Yizhou was transferred by the Ministry of War to the commander of the Shandong capital, Xue Si, and he led more than 30,000 soldiers in the guard, but after arriving in Yizhou, he was introduced by Liu Sujuzhong, the governor of Yizhou, and met the three-person team of the military academy responsible for the defense of the region.

The Tatar cavalry was so sharp that anyone who had read the book of war knew that it was not possible to attack during the day, so he devised this strategy of night attack.

Considering that it was the first night, the night attack was mainly to make a full momentum, first archery, then throwing some flint and dung, pretending to make an impact, and then all the soldiers and horses returned.

In the plains, there is no natural shelter like the mountains, so you can only find the way during the day, so that you can retreat as soon as possible.

In the camp of Xerze, a slightly rough map was raised, and he could take a general look and understand the meaning.

"If the little prince sees through our plan, then forget it, according to the Tatar combat habits, they should have gone to the countryside today to plunder, and now they are a day late, but it doesn't matter, tomorrow at the latest, there will be a squad to grab food, and we will set our main target on them.

If he hadn't seen through our plan and sent someone to chase him out, he had already instructed him to follow the previously set route to escape, and as soon as the news came, General Xue would lead his troops to block it.

Normally, the Tatars are inconvenient to move at night, and even if they send people, they will not let all 50,000 horses be dispatched, otherwise the front army will not be able to see the rear army clearly, and this battle will not be fought. So at most a few thousand. And the 30,000 horses commanded by Xue, as long as they do not retreat, plus Feng and Deng, two classmates, lead the militia to support. I don't dare to say that I have a big victory, but I can still hope for a small victory. ”

The person who spoke was named Chen Dabo, and he didn't have any position, but he was one of the three members of the Yizhou group.

Xue Si is the commander, a high-ranking official at the provincial level, after hearing this, he actually didn't react, but he was worried that the so-called three-person team this time was directly appointed by the Ministry of War, and the emperor personally cared about it, whether it was through the academy or through his classmates, it seemed that he had a relationship to report the battle situation to the top.

Otherwise, Xes wouldn't have birded him.

He waved the official frame of the commander and said, "Ben will know, so go down." ”

Chen Dabo understands the voice,

"Retire below."

There is a report from Liu Suyu, the governor of Yizhou: "Xue Du, the three-person team sent by the Military Academy is extremely familiar with how to fight the Tatars, and according to the subordinates, they are quite reasonable. Xue Duzhi has a different opinion? ”

Xue Si said: "What he said, Ben will know, and you still want him to teach Ben how to fight?" Joke. ”

Liu Su's official position is not as good as others, and it is not easy to say anything.

I can only listen to Xerz start to dispatch troops.

Soon after, news came from outside that there was really a crowd chasing after them.

Xes pretended to be in control,

"Take the big sword! Kill the Tartars! ”

"Yes!"

Suddenly, the horses of the barracks neighed.

"This Xue Du envoy wants to steal credit." Feng Tong'a, one of the three-person group, said with some dissatisfaction.

Liu Su saw it in his eyes, what Xue Si arranged was what Chen Dabo said just now, but he treated Chen Dabo coldly, as if everything was thought out by him.

Feng Tong'a also listened to Feng Tong'a's words, to be honest, if Chen Dabo really had any dissatisfaction, he would not be able to go to this field for Xue Si.

But

Chen Dabo just shook his head slightly,

"I've heard about some ...... The envoys of Shandong and Henan provinces all asked His Majesty to scold. We are all people who have studied at military academies, and we should know that there is no need to deceive in the slightest bit about war.

To win is to win, to lose is to lose, and the enemy will not cooperate with him in acting. No matter how he became the commander of this capital in the past, if there is no merit this time, His Majesty will definitely not be able to spare him. So he ...... I'm anxious. ”

Another Deng Ziyan said: "That's the case, and you shouldn't be so disrespectful." It's shameful. ”

"He doesn't care about the overall situation, we can't ignore the overall situation, and the battle between Ming and Mongolia is the most important thing for His Majesty. If there is a big defeat in Yizhou, we are innocent and guilty, and if we have a small victory, it is both merit and merit. The night was dark, and the soldiers in Shandong were not familiar with the roads here, so they had to rely on Brother Feng and Brother Deng to lead the rural militia to support. ”

Feng and Deng pinched their noses and confessed.

"Let's take someone to touch it!"

"Okay, then I'll take a group of people to ambush them on the way back!!"

The three of them cheered each other on, and then went their separate ways.

Liu Su, the governor of Yizhou, listened convincingly.

"It is said that there is a dragon and a crouching tiger in the military academy, and when I saw it today, it was so! The insight and mind of the three are really eye-opening and admirable! Admire! ”

"Liu Zhizhou has an overreputation. It's just that you talk about insight and mind...... It's not really how good we are. Let's put it this way, there are two characteristics of military academies, one is how to fight Tatars, study during the day, and dream at night, so we all know how to fight a war. ”

"What about the second feature?"

"Get promoted quickly." Chen Dabo smiled, "So it's not that we are broad-minded, it's this commander who can't take away our credit." To put it mildly, the three of us have made less merit than him, and he still doesn't rise as fast as us. ”

"This ......" Liu Su didn't have anything to say, I just praised you, you don't need to be so conceited.

"Don't believe me?" Chen Dabo was not reluctant, "Liu Zhizhou can wait and see." ”

"If that's the case, but I don't know what to do?"

"The reason is very simple, because in addition to learning how to fight, we also learn why we fight. There is a saying in the military academy that His Majesty said that those who can fight cannot understand the court. We've all studied the court. ”

The person the Son of Heaven wants is not an official like Xue Si, he wants a loyal minister who understands the historical longitude and latitude and the righteousness of the nation.

Where are these people? Of course, in the military academy, otherwise why do you learn so much history every day?

Of course, outsiders don't know this.

Chen Dabo is not reluctant.

"Liu Zhizhou, let's go too."

Speaking of Kutai's side,

He rode a war horse, and under the guidance of torches, he chased down some of the Ming army's escape routes for several miles.

As he imagined, the Ming soldiers fled in a hurry, barely daring to resist, but in the dark night, these people ran away and scattered, but it was not easy to find.

The few results of the battle made him a little annoyed, and the flickering fire reflected his angry face,

"These cunning Han Chinese!!"

Kutai was angry because he wanted to chase him down, but when he left the camp, the Great Khan had told him that the pursuit should not go too deep.

The environment of not being able to see his fingers made him use his brain a little, after all, the torches also burned out, and how to find the way back was still a problem at that time.

The horse that sat down swayed, Kutai turned around a few times, and said with some unwillingness: "Let's go back to the camp." ”

Soon after, Xes, led by the enthusiasm of the local people, descended into a dense forest.

It would be right to say that enthusiasm should be true.

Ever since the Tatar soldiers began to fight Datong and the imperial court began to mobilize them to quickly cut wheat, the common people knew that the Tatars were coming to harm them again.

No matter what kind of complex set the people have, the holy king, they just care about one thing: the labor and capital are now distributed to the field, and it is impossible for the Tartars to grab the grain grown in the field!

Later, the Zhizhou Yamen brought the military academy team down and taught them how to unite and how to protect themselves.

Later, the army of the imperial court came, also to fight the Tartars.

The stakes are so obvious, can they not be enthusiastic?

The villagers are spontaneous and their own organizations, and thousands of people pass messages to each other in this dark land, and they are all found in the reeds on the banks of the river and the abandoned and ruined temples.

There were also three or two young men lying flat on the slope of the river bank listening to the movement of the Tatar army passing by and motionless, there were many mosquitoes in the summer night, but they were nothing in the face of death threats, they held their breath, put their bodies as close to the bank slope as possible, and waited until all these people passed by, and then began to get up, copy the field path, and hand the news to the next place.

So Kutai was very strange, why there was no movement at all, but suddenly there was a Ming army blocking their way.

Because he couldn't imagine that his movements were completely figured out, and he couldn't imagine that the local people could go out of another way in the dark.

"Get your name in! So I know which defeated army you are! ”

Xes had no other thoughts.

Just say a word to the people around you.

"There has been a word in both the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and if we don't fight this battle, no one will be able to protect us. Your Majesty's temperament, whoever intercedes is useless. 50,000 people, we don't have the ability. But these three thousand people...... It is still necessary to make the brothers fight with their lives, otherwise not only will the old face be lost, but even the head will be lost. ”

He was surrounded by his henchmen and could fully understand what he was saying.

"If you want a reward, you can exchange these Tartar heads for it!"

At this point, everything else is superfluous.

"Up!!"

Tens of thousands of people acted together, as if the earth was trembling.

The night was always unclear, but only some sounds were heard, and the experienced Tartars knew what they were.

"Watch out for bows and arrows!"

Whoosh!!

Several screams in a row woke up Kutai.

He knew that he had been ambushed, but he had great confidence in the elite he led, and his command was not chaotic at all.

"Shield! Shield! ”

The soldiers with great combat experience took up their shields to block,

After a burst of arrows, the Ming army's offensive gradually stopped,

Kutai seized this gap and forward: "Charge!" ”

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves made Xes a little nervous, but he was not on the front.

In fact, the 3,000 people of Kutai have already been surrounded by him, and thanks to the leadership of the people, he has done this.

Of course, whether or not you can stop it is another matter.

Looking at the torches to make the direction, Xes knew that Kutai was advancing to their right.

He immediately commanded,

"According to the plan, march quickly in the direction of the unattacked! Raise the signal! ”

The so-called signal is a very simple firework.

But it stands out in the dark.

Xue Si knew that at this time, if he hid again, no one would work for him, so he could only take the lead and shout:

"Attack!!"

Following his order, the soldiers, holding shields and scimitars in hand, began to approach the Tatar soldiers.

These guards cannot be said to have been untrained in the past few years, after all, Emperor Zhengde still attaches importance to it, but the problem of military tun and military salary has not been solved, and there are not many trainings.

Many people are looking at the main general, and they don't dare to approach, the main general rushed, and the people around him seemed to be rushing, so they followed.

Encountering several Tatars, the people in front were pushed forward by the people behind, but finally they also stepped forward to fight.

Some people did not dare to face the enemy head-on, so they cut off the horse's leg in the back.

Anyway, the sound of killing shook the sky, people screamed, horses barked, and there was a mess.

Kutai saw that this was not good, there were too many people, and he roughly estimated that they were several times his enemies.

Boom! Boom!

Kutai slashed and killed two people in a row, and then said to his subordinates: "Find someone!" Find the main general of the Ming army, I will go and kill him! ”

"There are enemies on all sides, and I don't know where the Lord will be!"

Xes was actually on his right, attacking from the ribs, and with so many people rushing up, the Tatar troops immediately began to come under pressure, and the ribs also contracted inward.

After the initial success, the Tatar soldiers who rushed and fought gradually dispersed, and the Ming soldiers did not dare to engage the enemy alone, so several people surrounded one to fight.

Xue Si saw that the soldier's courage was not enough at all, and he was worried, but he didn't want to lose his life here, so he quickly calculated the account in his heart, and then shouted, "Cut off a head, and I will be rewarded with five taels of silver!" ”

Even if you kill them all, it's 15,000 taels, it's worth it!

There will be brave men under the heavy reward, and the soldiers finally have some desperate strength,

"Let me get these five taels!"

The state of excitement came, and the soldiers of the Ming army rushed up!

If the Tatars do not react quickly, or if the horses are injured, they can only be dragged down, and then there are countless fists and feet, and if they are slightly injured, they are more likely to be besieged.

Burst!!

The head hit the ground, blood gushing out.

"Mine! It's mine! ”

As soon as Xue Si saw that there was enough of this, he became energetic and stared at the dozens of people in front of him, "Surround them first!" Above! ”

In fact, on the side of the Ming army under pressure, the battle situation was very miserable, but at night, the battlefield was noisy, it was too dark to see each other, too noisy and inaudible, and many people only paid attention to the enemy in front of them.

And once the 3,000 men and horses fell into such a bitter battle, the casualties quickly rose.

Kutai fought back and forth, and he could rush into the Ming army and come out again, but the bad news faintly coming from the rear made him a little worried.

"Follow me!"

If you want to say that he is brave, he is also brave, Kutai doesn't think about him, and he turns around to kill him again!

The horses galloped, but it was too late.

Because Feng Tong'a and Deng Ziyan have already led people to appear in the front, their original duty is also to help plug the weak points.

The two young players are much better than Xue Si's momentum.

Feng Tong'a was a little smarter, and he shouted as he charged, "Keep the grain and protect the fields!" Protect the grain and protect the fields! ”

This is the most popular phrase.

Many ordinary people, who were a little scared at the moment of battle, were also infected by this at this time, so this march was not a neat 'army', and they were shouting and rushing forward anyway!

"Protect the grain and protect the fields!!"

"Protect the grain and protect the fields!!"

……

Some people didn't have the weapons in their hands, so they drew the knives of the fallen Ming soldiers.

The people who screamed seemed to have inexhaustible courage.

Waves of attacks came from all directions,

In particular, the slogan of "protecting grain and protecting the fields", which is shouted loudly, shows that there are many friendly forces!

Inspired by the possibility of victory, Xes shouted heartbreakingly"

"The Tartars are going to be defeated! The Tartars are going to be defeated! ”

Bang!!

Another horse fell to the ground. Although the brave Tartar soldiers immediately got up, three or five people rushed over at once, and most of them could not support a few times.

Yes!!

Kutai's subordinate generals were shot in the thigh indiscriminately, and he realized that the situation was wrong.

"Gotta break through! There are more and more Ming troops! ”

Kutai naturally also knew that although these people were not as brave as the Bauhinia Pass defenders, they were surrounded in such a place, and it was still a big night, and they really couldn't let go.

The cavalry can't rush up, what is it called cavalry.

"Let's go! Fall back! ”

The strong combat quality told Kutai that it could not be delayed any longer.

So the hundreds of people around him joined forces and suddenly began to attack in one direction!

The war horse was raised high, stepping on the corpse of the Ming army, and there were people on each side to protect the side to resist the charge of the Ming army.

War

Thrilling!

In the fierce battle, Kutai opened a bloody road.

"The Tatars want to flee! Bite them! ”

They can't escape!

Kutai picked a direction from which he came, but this is the countryside, and there are people in the countryside.

Chen Dabo took Liu Su to look at the fireworks rising in the air one by one, and knew the direction of the Tatar army's escape in the end.

"Drive!"

This group of people began to set off, taking a diagonal line to intercept.

In fact, Kutai also found that something was wrong, but when he broke through, he definitely couldn't control the fireworks in the fields around him.

And he guessed that there might be only one or two people there, and it really didn't make much sense to run over.

Of course, this made him mentally prepared for the possible ambush.

……

So Chen Dabo didn't ambush him, what is there to ambush here, it's already a very obvious thing.

He just rode his horse and led the people, blocking the front of Kutai. He is not in a hurry, there are still pursuers behind Kutai.

"Snatching food, snatching women, these are the things that these people do. Now, revenge for revenge, revenge for wrongs. If you're lucky, you can cut your head and exchange it for rewards. ”

Kutai actually still doesn't understand one thing, "Which of your generals commanded this battle?" ”

Chen Dabo felt that it was inappropriate to say his name, and he thought of the person who gave him this idea before,

"Han, Twelve."

When the voice fell, he didn't say more,

There is a great enmity between them.

The Tatar soldiers had already fought hard for a round, and at this time it was no longer in its heyday, but fortunately it was not a valley, and it was still possible to run on both sides, although in the darkness of the night and in the fields, they could not run fast.

"General! There are still people in the back! ”

Kutai knew that the time of life and death had come, but he was not a coward who would just run away.

"Come on! Kill! ”

Chen Dabo also picked up his gun, "My first meritorious service started with you." ”

(End of chapter)