Chapter 139: King Yan's Courage

He Xi couldn't figure it out for a while. Causeless why Timur did this. But it doesn't matter.

The important thing is to react as soon as possible.

He Xi immediately said: "Wu Hou, what do you think should be done?" ”

Wu Gao pondered for a moment, slowly shook his head, and said, "Do nothing?" ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "Why? ”

Wu Gao said: "The military situation is changing rapidly, and the truth is false. It is especially important to pay attention to the fact that this is true, even if it is true. There may not be no other ideas behind this. My lord. Tayin Timur is a veteran who has been fighting in battle for more than 40 years. What kind of situation has not been seen. Returning the horse pistol and dragging the knife meter, this kind of trick has to be guarded against, especially if the other party is a Mongolian iron horseman. ”

He Xi nodded secretly in his heart. Secretly said: "Makes sense. Then He Xi said: "I'll go back to Shenyang, and I'll leave it to you here." When the war is over, I'll take credit for you. ”

The Mongols feigned retreat, and there were not too many examples of killing a horse gun.

He Xi has heard of it.

It was decided to support Wu Gao's decision.

Of course. This is also the contradiction between He Xi and Wu Gao, because the Tartars retreated and became invisible.

For the two places of Kaiyuan Tieling, He Xi has never paid too much attention. This lack of attention is not a military lack of attention, but an industrial lack of attention. As the second line of defense in Liaodong. The environment does not allow it.

He Xi attaches the most importance to the fact that the industrial development of Liaodong will not be disrupted by the war. As for the rest, I don't care so much.

He Xi was almost forcing Wu Gao to fight before, and he always had to give Wu Gao a little face at this moment. You're going to have to work together in the future, aren't you?

Wu Gao said, "Thank you, sir. ”

It seems that the conflict between the two has never been the same.

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He Xi has what he thinks, Wu Gao has Wu Gao's thoughts. And King Yan has the idea of King Yan.

The enemy army withdrew, and King Yan was in danger.

King Yan had to take refuge in the north of the town.

Zhenbei Pass, in the northeast of Kaiyuan. It is not the brunt of this war.

The 3,000 soldiers who had been garrisoned here had lost contact with it. King Yan retreated here with his headquarters. With the help of the city walls of Zhenbei Pass. to survive.

However, the Tartars did not mean to siege the city.

Leaving only a few thousand cavalry to watch, the rest of the army marched back to the steppe along the road from which it came.

King Yan got information from all over the place. Secret passage in the heart; "I was ordered to go on the Northern Expedition, and before I could use the troops, I was caught off guard by the Tartars, if I don't do anything today, how can I explain to my father and the eldest brother of the prince."

King Yan knew very well that his position was actually controversial.

If he gets off to a good start, that's fine.

But that's how it goes. He is bound to be criticized. Naturally, many of his ideas are not finished. How can this make the arrogant Yan Wang willing?

Yan Wang thought about it and said secretly: "him." ”

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Tayin Timur did not let his guard down, and while retreating, he ordered various orders. Including, destroying farmland, destroying bridges, burning houses, and so on. In short, although not to attack those castles. Because the Great Ming Fire weapon is powerful, fighting these castles is simply not worth the loss.

But to destroy all this, you can only slow down the enemy's attack.

Being able to renew the life of the Yuan court for a year or two is already the limit of Timur's cause.

But in any case, the attack and retreat of nearly 100,000 Mongol cavalry was a big project, not to mention, they got a lot of loot this time, such as iron. Although He Xi doesn't pay attention to Kaiyuan Tieling, some basic things still have to be given. For example, water turbines.

These Mongols did not know what a water turbine did. But know, this thing is iron. And it's good iron. Naturally, it is necessary to take it away.

There are many more such cases.

Although all of them were military households, almost all of them lived in the city. Very few were caught. But there are a lot of houses out of town. In this house, some very daily items are too late to take away for a while, such as pots and pans. For example, salt, and so on.

This is all wealth for the Tartars.

Naturally, the big bag is small.

Even for the sake of booty, many Mongol cavalry would engage in infighting.

Timur had to arbitrate, anyway, there were a lot of troubles.

As a result, the originally scattered Mongolian cavalry was also concentrated. In addition to the cavalry on the periphery, a mighty marching force was formed that lasted for more than ten miles. Every night when you set up camp, you can see obvious traces of bonfires when you look down at the sky.

And today a few miles outside the dark campfire trails. The King of Yan was hidden in the darkness.

After King Yan made up his mind, he recruited the cavalry of Zhenbei Pass, a total of 3,000 cavalry.

Because of their understanding of the local geography, King Yan and the others traveled day and night, and hid in a swamp on the way back to the Tartars.

Tartars haven't come to Liaodong for many years. People who know the geography of Liaodong are either no longer there, or they have followed Naha to surrender. And the swampy wetlands are even more common terrain in the northeast in this era. The Tartar cavalry will not search much if they find out.

It's just that they don't know.

The topography is constantly changing, albeit slowly. But it is also a work in progress. It's like this swamp, in fact, it's being transformed into land. In the middle of the swamp, there is a large patch that has been turned into solid land. And it is a small road that can go in and out of it.

So King Yan hid here in advance.

This may seem simple, but it's not simple at all.

First of all, lurking in the swamp is a painful thing in the first place. Although it is said that in the middle of the swamp, it is already on the ground, and you can settle down. But the problem is that there are a lot of insects in the swamp. For example, mosquitoes.

If you don't make a fire for a few days, hide in it, and the mosquito can eat you.

Not to mention, the eyes on the ground are easy to handle. Most of the marshes are covered with tall reeds, and they are natural green gauze tents. If people don't go in, they won't be able to see the clues.

The eyes in the sky are not easy to handle.

The eyes in the sky are Hai Dongqing.

This bird can fly high in the sky, has a wide field of vision, and can be seen naturally. Fortunately, a bird is a bird after all, not a human.

Birds' intelligence is limited.

Under the training of people, of course, a large number of people can be seen. But that's about it. King Yan learned to empty the camouflage without a teacher. Nothing else. All you need is a large number of reeds to cover the people and horses. Hai Dongqing can see the difference. But his intellect is limited and cannot be conveyed to humans. This complex situation.

Even if he found out. It's pretty much the same as not finding anything.

In this way, King Yan finally waited for his opportunity.

In the second half of the night, King Yan gave an order and waited for the Ming army for a long time. One by one, they led the horses, stepped on the path of the swamp, and walked step by step to the flat ground outside. Looking at the camp that was not far away, it was dozens of miles away.

King Yan's eyes burst with a gleam.

As mentioned above, the current Yuan court has degenerated from the Central Plains Dynasty to a nomadic dynasty.

This degradation is all-encompassing.

Not just culturally, politically, structurally, economically, but also militarily.

The original Yuan army, in terms of camping, was not much different from the Han army, and even many of the military principles of the Ming army were inherited from the Yuan army, after all, many of the rebel army did not know how to fight. It's like today's Ming cavalry, which is almost a copy of the Mongolian cavalry. At most, it is just more used in firearms.

But the current Mongolian cavalry is completely not what it was back then.

They did not have a large army of servants, and they did not bother to build a strong camp. Their current camp is hardly any different from the camp of nomadic migration in the steppe. This is also inevitable. Today, most of the Yuan army are conscripted herdsmen.

Even Tayin Timur knew the importance of building a camp. But building a strong camp is a carpentry job for every household for the Han people. No need to teach. But for herders, it's different.

The cost of education is too high.

Even if Timur knew how to do it well, he would not have been able to do it.

Not to mention.

Wu Gao's passive policy, in the opinion of Timur, the enemy army was still hundreds of miles behind. It doesn't take much to be nervous.

"Soak in the soup with full attendance, two shifts today, and reflection. I owe three more chapters, and I'll make it up."