Chapter 499: The Decisive Moment (4)
The recital from the front has reached the cabinet.
But Wang Wei and several ministers did not find the emperor for a while, and they were so anxious that they were in a hurry. The war is very critical at this time, and if you can't find the emperor, you can say that you are in a hurry.
And the military department Shangshu was not there at this time.
"What about the people in the chamberlain?" It's the first time I've seen anyone here.
Wang Wei couldn't wait any longer, went out and walked around the Qianqing Palace a few times, and finally saw a eunuch trotting in a hurry, so he immediately stepped forward with wide sleeves.
When the eunuch saw him, he didn't dare to pretend that he didn't see it, so he had to bow his head and come over to greet him, "I've seen the elder of the pavilion." I've seen Da Situ. ”
"There is no one in the chamber and the Qianqing Palace, where did Your Majesty go?"
"The elder of the pavilion doesn't know, Yongshou Palace is happy, His Majesty and the Queen Mother are in Yongshou Palace."
Tim ......
Wang Wei and Han Wen were moved.
"Is there a result?" Han Wen asked eagerly.
If the royal family can add heirs, it is also a good omen.
"Not yet."
Such a sentence made the two of them feel even more heartbroken.
Soon, there were more drops of water on the ground of the stone pavement of the Forbidden City, which were originally only sparse, but after a short time, they were sparsely pulled, and the water splashes connected with each other, and finally converged into a wet patch.
"This rain came at an inopportune time." Wang Wei looked up to the sky, and said that he was really a little unconvinced, "Your Majesty has worked hard and planned hard, and all reinforcements are already on the way, but God is raining heavily at this time, which will make the situation even more dangerous!" ”
"We're waiting here?"
"Wait."
The two old men were both important officials of the court wearing round-necked red robes.
They are not only waiting for the emperor, but also waiting for news from the Yongshou Palace.
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Han Shishilang wiped the liquid on the side of his mouth, it was rain, but it was bloody and fishy.
Under the small battlements of the wall, a half-lying line of soldiers dodged the Tatar bows and arrows.
And Han Shishilang remembered that back then,
When he was a child, Yu Zizi also pressed his head and hid behind him.
"Twelve!"
"Twelve!"
The voice in his ears went from muddy to clear, and it wasn't until Yue Jianting shook him violently that he woke up from a certain fugue state.
"Brother Jianting?"
"The Tatars are slamming into the gates!"
"City gates?! The gates are broken? ”
"Not yet! Xiao Guogong has already brought people to support. ”
Han Shishilang finally understood his current situation.
It was as if at this moment, all the voices around me rushed to my head.
Horses neigh, soldiers shout,
The Ming army has already ground flesh and blood on the narrow walls with Tatar soldiers!
"What should I do?"
Wow!
Han Shijilang bit off a piece of blood-soaked cloth from his clothes with his teeth, and then tied his palm and the handle of the knife tightly together.
"Liangxiang is besieged, and it is already a desperate place, and there is only a fight to the death."
"Then I'll be with you!"
"No, if you go and spread the news, it will be said that the army supported by the imperial court is on the way, and it will arrive in half an hour at most."
"Be careful!"
Yue Jianting saw a tartar rushing up behind him, he hurriedly pushed Han Shishilang away, and then kicked away the tartar that rushed up.
They are all good hands trained by the military academy, and they have both body and skills.
Twelve Lang also reacted very quickly, seeing that Yue Jianting had kicked someone, he reflexively made up for it without saying a word.
The feeling of the blade in the flesh thrilled him, and then the blade turned.
"Ahh
The scream attracted more Tartars.
Yue Jianting stepped forward again to resist.
The two of them cooperated seamlessly, and for a while they were murderous.
"Twelve, are there really reinforcements?" He only knew that Shi Feng had gone to ask the imperial court for help, but what the imperial court said, there was actually no follow-up.
This is ...... So familiar......
In fact, with his status, even if the court has anything to say, no one will come to tell him.
He just remembered that Yu Zizi was also using this 'lie' to motivate the people's morale.
He also learned this trick at that time.
"Yes!" He gasped for two breaths, "Get the news out!" ”
"Good! Let everyone shout together! ”
At this critical moment, Yue Jianting didn't distinguish the truth from the false, so he could only respond with his mouth.
Because the situation is already very critical,
The city gate of the county seat could not block this kind of attack at all, and Zhu Feng, the prince of the small country, guarded the east city, and the west city could not take care of it.
The Tatar army poured into the county town in droves, and some kind of slaughter was already staged here, only because the government had organized the people before, so there were militiamen fighting in the lanes...... house by house, there are still people resisting,
Because many family members who didn't have time to run away are hiding in the inner room,
Even the teenage child was holding a knife about the same height as him at the door, and raised it nervously.
Outside the door, his father and uncle were fighting.
Behind him are several female dolls, and at this time he is a man and must stand in front.
Bang!!
Suddenly, a person slammed into the door, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he could see the figure slowly falling, and there was a lot of blood on the door.
The sudden movement frightened the boy's breathing.
"The imperial court has sent reinforcements! The imperial court sent reinforcements! We're going to keep it up! ”
A lot of people outside are shouting something like that.
"Two!"
The boy heard a familiar voice, "Third Uncle I'm here!" ”
"Take my sister to hide under the bed, don't show your head."
"Good! Third uncle, how are you? ”
"Leave me alone! Listen to me! The imperial court also sent officials and soldiers, you heard it, you must wait! ”
Outside the door, the man struggled to get up slowly, and then moved to the door, where he was to stay guarded.
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From Dayan Khan's point of view, this is a besieged and captured city.
From the people caught before, they already knew that there was a lot of grain stuffed in the reserve warehouse in Liangxiang County, so he was determined to win this battle. Moreover, in order to prevent the support of the Ming army, the more than 20,000 cavalry he personally led did not join this siege battle in Liangxiang.
If he has soldiers and food, he will not be defeated.
"Where are the reinforcements from the Ming army?"
"I came to report before, and there is still half a day at most. Now it's raining again...... This is the immortal heaven punishing them. ”
Ma Yiqian, who was also in this crowd, looked at the war-torn and blood-scorching good township, but he had a trace of palpitations, Emperor Zhengde had been in power for more than three years, and the officials, soldiers, and people had been able to resist so stubbornly.
"Great Khan," Ma Yiqian said in a trembling voice, "the city has been broken, and the Great Khan can lead his army to level the good township, so as not to have many dreams at night." ”
"Long nights and dreams?"
"As soon as the officers and soldiers come, the morale of the militia rises again, and it is a long night and a lot of dreams."
Several Tatars didn't clamored to kill Ma Yiqian this time, but they actually said this...... Be ruthless enough to your own people.
"Okay." Dayan Khan also smiled with satisfaction, "We ......"
Boom, boom......
In the future, the sound of war horses galloping has been heard from the earth.
"It's northeast!"
"Does the Ming Court have any other reinforcements?"
Ma Yiqian also looked over there, and he couldn't see clearly on a rainy day, but he saw that the military flags were blown by the wind and rain and kept flying.
"Yes...... It is the military horse of Datong. ”
"Ming cavalry!"
Dayan Khan gritted his teeth when he said it.
The person who came was Xu Zhen'an!
He has been running all the way since Xuanfu and Juyongguan, and he didn't dare to stay for a moment except for a few days in Xuanfu and waiting for Yang Xing.
Originally, when they were on the grassland, the most difficult thing was to find no enemy. Although the place has changed now, the process and mood are the same.
They found the enemy!
Xu Zhen'an had heard the night report last night. But the Tatar army had 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the 2,000 men he brought in with Yang Xing and Yang Xing were 3,000 men.
So he didn't attack at the moment, but let the soldiers rest for the night.
Early this morning, after burying the pot to cook and eating and drinking enough, he immediately led his troops to help.
The soldiers and horses of Xuanfu and Jingshi were all behind, and Xu Zhenan himself knew that Datong's soldiers must be in the process of coming, so he was not worried.
"Rack!! Frame!! ”
Fighting with the grassland people, Xu Zhenan is familiar with it, at this time, just charge! Anyway, bows and arrows don't play a big role in this kind of weather.
But there were still arrows falling in the sky, just in the way ahead of them.
Xu Zhenan was also strange, he was very concerned about this, "Who is not following the military order?!" ”
Looking left and right, everyone in his army was armed with weapons, and no one gave the order to release arrows.
"West!!"
On a high ground to the west.
There were more and more black military flags, and one by one the war horses also showed their heads.
Dayan Khan chose a high place, and Xu Zhen'an attacked from the back, so as he went up a little bit, he could see the west......
"It's the Yulin Army!!"
"That kid from the Ma family?!" Xu Zhen'an's heart was even more fierce when he heard this, "Let's just say that the forward army should not be slower than my old Xu!" ”
Ma Rong held the reins in his hand, wore a black iron hat on his head, and wore mountain armor, leading the three-way army horses to appear, on the left was his eldest brother Ma Sheng, and on the right was the three thousand Mongol cavalry ordered by Kabiya.
"The commander, it seems to be Vice General Xu."
"Hmm." Ma Rong also saw it, "Drumming! ”
"Yes!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The drums beat violently, shaking the raindrops on it continuously.
Looking at the right front, the county seat embedded in this land is like a smoking chimney at this time, filled with black smoke and chaos.
"Big brother."
Ma Sheng was eager to try, "You command!" I can't wait! ”
"You lead the troops and go to reinforce Liangxiang."
"Good...... Yes? Ma Sheng was shocked, "It seems that this captive chief still has twenty or thirty thousand elite horsemen, and we can join forces with Vice General Xu to fight ...... battle"?
"Forget? What do the Tartars fight for? ”
"Loot money and food!"
"What about us? It's for Your Majesty, and it's for the people. How can the people sit idly by and ignore the troubles? ”
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Dayan Khan reached out and patted his mount, sometimes the animal is human, and the sudden change seemed to make it a little uneasy, so it began to shake uncontrollably.
"Phew, hoo!"
He tugged on the reins a little harder, took a few steps forward, turned around, and then raised his scimitar,
"I swear to you in the name of the Immortal Heaven that I will bring enough food back to the grassland this time! Warriors of the steppe, will we be afraid of the enemy? ”
"Attack! Offensive! Offensive! ”
The battle was fought to this extent, and it was impossible for Dayan Khan to run.
Because this is the Ming cavalry, these people's war horses are as sophisticated.
Moreover, he also had a strategic purpose of his own strategy, which was to destroy this force and thus maintain the superiority of the steppe cavalry.
But the rain at this time is not good for them, the ground is muddy and slippery, not only people will slip, but horses will also, and the mud will make the war horses unable to rush.
"They're moving!"
Dayan Khan followed the sound and chased after him, and sure enough, he saw a cavalry beginning to move in the direction of Liangxiang County.
"Mandu Latu!"
"Great Khan!"
"Hold him back, don't let him attack Bars's back."
"Yes!"
Ma Rong watched this scene calmly, but did not say anything else, his brother was extremely brave, once he attacked, he would be like a tiger returning to the mountain, and it was not so easy to defeat him easily.
He just needs to take care of his own business.
One was to send a message to Zhou Shangwen, who was still behind them, asking them to speed up.
The second was the man not far away, Dayan Khan.
"Whoosh! Sou! ”
On rainy days, the accuracy of the bow and arrow will drop significantly, but the strong crossbows they carry can still be useful when the enemy stands in a dense position.
With this voice, the battle outside the county seat of Liangxiang also officially began.
The Ming cavalry was a special force that was very different from all other troops, including the Shangzhi Guard.
One of the significant differences is that the Shangzhi guards have not really fought before, and although they are brave in the battle of Bauhinia Pass, they are not very experienced. The most problematic part is how to deal with it correctly once it is different from the training.
The Ming cavalry was different. From a soldier to a general, it's not the same.
Ma Rong and these subordinates around him had been born and died several times, and they were not too nervous when they saw the Tartars. From Ma Rong himself, his command of combat has always been a large-scale interspersed movement, which is not because he was born to do this, but forced out.
In the face of the steppe cavalry, the Han people in the Central Plains have always lacked the means to deal with it, and they can only defeat magic by magic, that is, they rush more fiercely and fiercely. After a few years, they also found this method to work, because the Tatars, once they did not have an advantage in this respect, were honestly a swarm of headless flies.
Dayan Khan could also feel the difference somewhat, and the charge of this army was not chaotic. But no matter what, as long as it's not a siege war, he won't be afraid.
Rumble!!
The iron armor of the two sides finally collided together.
The Ming army did not have an advantage in numbers, the only advantage was that Xu Zhen'an and Ma Rong were flanked by both sides, Ma Rong hit the army, Xu Zhen'an hit the flank, and the two armies were like arrows poked into the Tatar army formation!
As soon as the two armies came into contact, Dayan Khan was taken aback!
These Ming troops were not only skilled in horsemanship, but also very skilled in combat, and they quickly rushed into the enemy formation under the leadership of the main general, and when they encountered the enemy, they often fought in groups of three, and they also had a very tacit understanding with each other.
"What's that man's name?!" Dayan Khan asked, pointing to the left and right to kill Ma Rong.
"Yu Linwei commands Ma Rong." Ma Yiqian also saw this young military general in the emperor's heart so closely.
"I'll go capture it for the Great Khan!"
A Mongol warrior galloped away on horseback.
It's just that halfway through, it began to be blocked by the Ming army on the periphery.
Dayan Khan was an insider, and he knew at a glance that this was a formation specially arranged by the Ming army, which was to ensure that the main general would not be easily besieged by the enemy.
However, the more the Ming army fought so bravely, the more he wanted to destroy it.
"The left and right armies are outflanked from the flanks, and we have a large number of people, so we can use this advantage to quickly encircle them!"
The Mongols had their tactics, and the Ming army also had the Ming army's countermeasures.
The two armies fought in the dark and inseparable on this otherwise ordinary land, and it was extremely difficult for each of them to suppress the other for a while.
And on the other side,
Ma Sheng also showed his bravery.
Dayan Khan also made some agitation to the soldiers, but in fact the Ming army did not need these at all. How many corpses were thrown on the side of the road and how many villages were destroyed by the war?
This kind of picture is the best war mobilization.
Ma Sheng caught the Tatar master and slashed hard, scolding while cutting back,
"Your grandma's! Dare to take advantage of your Ma Ye's absence to invade my territory, and I will settle all the accounts for you today! ”
Yu Linwei and his two brothers' subordinates are no longer ordinary troops, they are a group of very energetic and energetic people, and they can be said to be a real fierce army.
Mandu Latu had never fought with such a Ming army, these people quickly interspersed, and then surrounded and killed respectively, and their movements were so fast that there was a difference between heaven and earth from the Ming army encountered a few days ago.
So not long after the fight, he was already sweating profusely, and even showed some signs of defeat.
"Look at me taking your dog's head!"
There was an explosion behind him.
Mandu Ratu hurriedly turned to block it, but saw a huge figure attacking him.
Fortunately, he still had some strength in his hand, blocked the attack, and saved his life.
"Inform Bars! You can't fight in the city anymore, it's tricky! ”
Ma Rong, Xu Zhen'an, Ma Sheng, and Liangxiang County, the battles everywhere were fiercely unfolded in an unprecedented way.
Dayan Khan sensed something was wrong.
Because the Ming court reinforcements that were mentioned earlier to support Liangxiang are actually on the way.
If it hadn't rained, it might have arrived.
At that time, the forces of his own side will definitely not be superior.
"Give an order to Bars, ordering him to gather his troops and support Mandu Ratu, and the defenders of Liangxiang are no longer worried. After joining forces with Mandu Latu to repel the Ming army, guard the east side of our army to prevent the Ming army from reinforcing and attacking by surprise. ”
After hearing this, Ma Yiqian only felt that Dayan Khan was indeed worthy of being the hero of the steppe, at least in the face of a sudden situation, he would not be in a hurry and afraid of the enemy.
He was thinking about this time...... Zhou Shangwen, the Ming cavalry, should not be far away.
But even so, Dayan Khan still had 50,000 strong soldiers, and Zhou Shangwen had more than 20,000 people, plus the support sent by the imperial court, and the total strength had a slight advantage.
However, victory or defeat is not just about the number of people.
This battle...... It's going to be amazing.
"Yu Linwei is the vanguard of the Ming cavalry, led by the commander Ma Rong, this person is brave and strategic, quite popular with the Son of Heaven, and the three thousand cavalry from Yongxieb are also under his account. In addition to the vanguard army, there are more than 10,000 people in Datong General Zhou Shangwen, and it should not be far from here. ”
"In other words, after the Ming army support arrives one after another, it will be equal to my number. This is the plan of the Great Tomorrow, right? The so-called dispatch of troops is to combine troops from several places to attack me here. ”
"It should be."
Dayan Khan did not shy away from his praise, "Although he is young, he has more means and courage than his father." It is indeed a great trouble for my Tatars. ”
"What is the Great Khan going to do?"
"Kill the 3,000 Yongshebu rebels first!"
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Wang Bing received the news on the way to the march.
"Da Sima, the war has begun, why don't I lead Teng Xiang Siwei to hurry up to Liangxiang first!" Zhang Yong looked a little anxious.
"Good!"
At this time, even if it is raining heavily, you must grit your teeth and provide support as soon as possible.
If this battle had been out of the basket because their support had been a little slower, one can imagine what the Emperor's anger would have looked like.
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In fact, none of them are far off.
Because they knew that the war had started, Zhou Shangwen and Yang Xing both accelerated the pace of the march.
On the evening of the fifth day of the ninth month of the second year of Zhengde,
The sky was overcast and full of black clouds.
The Ming army along the way was fast or slow, but in the end they all converged in Liangxiang.
Bad weather caused inconvenience to both sides. It was difficult for the Ming army to support quickly, and Dayan Khan was also difficult to retreat quickly.
Moreover, there were Ming troops everywhere nearby, in addition to the official army, there were also militiamen, and many of the people sent by Dayan Khan to inquire about the news were lost halfway.
Later, the appearance of the soldiers of Xuanfu shook his heart, everyone is an old opponent, once they get closer, they can recognize each other. Dayan Khan really didn't feel right at first.
This is something that Ma Yiqian didn't expect.
After all, the decree to transfer the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu Mansion was Zhu Houzhao's later holy decree, and a little Ma Yiqian would never know about it.
At the end of the battle, both sides intended to withdraw their troops.
The Tatars suffered from the darkness and had palpitations, while the Ming army waited for the arrival of soldiers and horses from all walks of life.
After Wang Bing, the secretary of the military department, arrived, this was the backbone.
The general army of Datong, the general army of Xuanfu and the guards of Liangxiang all went to his tent to listen to orders.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty has been planning step by step until now, and only then has this situation. Now that our army is strong and strong, no matter what elite the Tartars are, they will definitely be destroyed here. According to the discussion just with you, tomorrow will be dominated by the general army of Datong Zhou, the general army of Xuanfu Yang will attack its right, and Zhang Gonggong and Shi Commander will lead the eight guards of the Beijing camp and the tiger Benwei will attack its left. The militia of all walks of life still has the unified command of the military academy group, once the Tatar soldiers and horses are dispersed, they will immediately pursue in batches, if they take the road and escape, this Ming road, after all, can not make the enemy more familiar than us! That's it, can there be any objection?! ”
"The last general will obey!!"
After the disbandment, Ma Rong followed Zhou Shangwen.
Zhou Shangwen asked: "Originally, there were still some worries. But why did the Tartars gradually retreat after dark? ”
"The last general asked carefully in Yizhou, and the Tartars suffered a loss in their night raid there. After nightfall, the local people walked as fast as day, and with the help of the people, a lone army of Tartars was surrounded and annihilated. ”
"I see...... After the military academy was established, there were really many talented people. Zhou Shangwen sighed.
Now Daming can be said that there is no shortage of generals, but it has also taken several years to do this. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, which was not far away, the imperial court at that time could only move out the old general Wang Yue, who was in his seventies.
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Excellent generals, elite soldiers, adequate rations, and since the beginning of the war, the emperor has gradually weakened Dayan Khan's army of 80,000 by boiling frogs in warm water......
I don't know how much thought goes into this.
That's why Dayan Khan couldn't sleep all night for the first time, and he ran into his opponent.
Some anxiety began to spread in the sweat tent.
Quick victory, unlikely, today has already been handed over with the Ming cavalry.
A clean retreat is also unlikely, and these war horses and cavalry that Da Ming has built up can completely chase them.
"For now, I can only ask my father Khan to make a decision as soon as possible, and a small group of people will escort my father Khan back to the grassland from the path. Our tribe is still there, and if we go back and run it for a few more years, we can ...... the same."
Syllable!
Dayan Khan directly slapped his son to the ground, "It's just a slight predicament, is this a failure?!" You actually let Ben Khan drop tens of thousands of warriors and run away on his own! ”
Bars felt that he couldn't beat it, and after the discussion, he felt that he couldn't beat it.
Because the Ming army is obviously a battalion step by step, people have a purpose and a plan, and there will even be reinforcements in the future, there are too many Han people!
"Father Khan!"
"In such a thing as war, the advantage is not the victory, the disadvantage is not the defeat, everything still depends on the final result."
When the sun rose, the sky cleared.
Few of the Tatar barracks really slept well, because emotions were contagious. Fortunately, the last moment did not make them wait too long.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The drums of war sounded, and the Ming army began a general attack!
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