Chapter Seventy-Seven: King Yan's Determination

Zhaozhou City, Sanhekou Fort.

King Yan has been here for a winter.

Since last year, King Yan has been ready to attack Mongolia. Throughout the winter, he took 30,000 elite horsemen and hid here, and even in winter, he constantly sent out night guards to explore the places where the Mongols spent the winter.

King Yan knew very well that he could have today's opportunity, which was not easy to come by.

This opportunity to extinguish this eclipse, I don't know how many people are staring at it from behind. If he doesn't do it well, it's hard to say that he will have the next chance.

Not to mention, the various changes in the center of the court also made King Yan want to leave this circle of right and wrong as soon as possible.

Therefore, King Yan decided to raid the Mongolian winter camp.

The reason why the assault on the Mongolian winter camp must be late autumn or early spring is also very simple. Winters in Mobei are quite cruel. In the real winter, fifty percent of the ten percent is light.

But it is precisely because of the cold winter in Mobei that the Mongols do not have many choices.

The Mongolian steppe seems to be endless, but there are not many places that can really be called winter camps.

First of all, this place should be covered by mountains and not too high. If there were no sheltered mountains, the snow would have swallowed up the entire camp. Secondly, the water and grass in this place should be good, as much as possible for the winter, to provide forage. See the risk of livestock mortality at the bottom. There is also enough water to be had. You must know that in the winter of Mobei, although there is more snow, there may be a big drought, and there is no snow throughout the winter.

Even if the river freezes in winter, there is still flowing water under the ice.

In addition, the Ming soldiers have arrived in Zhaozhou, and it is not far from the Mongolian steppe.

In order to avoid the Ming soldiers, the Mongols did not have much choice in their winter camp.

This is also the reason why King Yan wants to come and go and want to do it in this season. Because in the summer, the Mongols have too many options. The difficulty of the decisive battle in Mobei is never to defeat the enemy, but to find the enemy.

It's just that the whole winter is almost over.

King Yan looked north of the city of Sanhe Fort all day long, and the elite he released did not collect at night, but no one came back, and no one could tell him, where the Mongols camped out?

In fact, King Yan is mentally prepared for this situation. No matter how much preparation is made, in winter, a team haunts the vast desert north to find a Mongolian campsite, which is a nearly lifeless task.

King Yan is also prepared in his heart, and he can't come back alone.

It's just that winter is almost over.

Time is running out for King Yan.

If he doesn't make a decision now, this window of time will pass.

King Yan took a deep breath, and a white rainbow erupted from his mouth, rushing out half a zhang away before slowly disappearing into the air.

King Yan said: "Drumming gathers generals." ”

The rumbling of drums shook the snow and ice.

A moment later, King Yan's generals had already made peace in the Yamen of Sanhe Fort.

King Yan doesn't talk nonsense, and everyone here knows the situation today. Yan Wang just asked, to fight now or not to fight?

Zhang Yu said: "Your Highness, the arrow has to be sent on the string, and the soldiers have been fighting hard for more than half a year, if you don't fight, it will greatly damage morale." It will affect His Royal Highness's military prestige even more, and the coldest season in Mobei has passed, and now Jiangnan has bloomed in spring. At this moment, the soldiers have also adapted to the northern environment, which is enough to fight. ”

Ping An was silent for a long time, and said, "Obey Your Highness's military orders. ”

"Yes." The generals below said, "Please give an order from Your Highness." His Highness asked us to fight, and we will fight. ”

King Yan can actually see it.

Zhang Yu understands his thoughts, and this opportunity should not be missed by King Yan. He actually wanted to do it last year. But in the end, I let it go. He had to make sure that nothing went wrong. Now he's prepared to the extreme.

Each soldier was equipped with two war horses, and they all wore thick cotton clothes and fur hats on their heads. There are also small stoves that are easy to carry, and inside you can say coal, charcoal, wood, and so on. Used for heating. Moreover, these soldiers have been in the Northeast for more than two years and have adapted to the cold of the Northeast.

It is true that in the face of the cold of Mobei, no matter how much preparation there is, it may not be foolproof.

Although King Yan didn't know what marginal utility was, he knew that if he wanted to improve the soldiers' ability to keep out the cold, he needed to invest more, and it had reached a very cost-effective level.

After all, this place is the northernmost part of the entire Ming Dynasty, and any thing transported here must be transported with freight. If it weren't for the opening of the Liaosong Canal, it would be normal for anything in the hands of these soldiers to be ten times higher than the price in the mainland.

All kinds of pressure are on King Yan, and if he waits any longer, the chips in King Yan's hands will not be able to make any substantial improvements.

If you don't fight now, when will you wait?

As for peace, I don't want to fight at this time. Because peace is Feng Sheng's person. Of course, the reason why Ping An didn't want to fight was not for the sake of Feng Sheng, but for the sake of the soldiers.

As for how much, it depends on the will of God.

And Ping An only thought about the war, in fact, he didn't think about the final word, and he attacked many times, and there was always a time when he could catch the main force of the Tartars. Now the opening of the Liaosong Canal has also given Changchun the strength to launch many attacks.

It's just that the problem is that King Yan is unwilling to do this.

Feng Sheng's experience is here, Feng Sheng's original thought of sweeping away Naha and destroying the Northern Yuan. Just the last breath, what's the result? Feng Sheng returned to Nanjing to retire, and finally trembled into the hands of King Yan.

For the pivotal situation, King Yan didn't dare to guarantee that if he missed a blow, there would be a second chance?

It's just that Ping'an also understands the world, and he is not ready to have a hard top with King Yan, as for the other generals, they are all people from King Yan. Listening to the nature of King Yan, there is nothing to say.

King Yan said, "Okay, since that's the case. King Yan took out his long sword, slashed it on the desk, gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone go back and prepare, and set off in three days, each with thirty days of dry food." Without a tent, all of them attacked, and they were not victorious or returned. ”

"Yes." Everyone said yes loudly, then lifted the curtain of the door, and strode away in the face of the wind and snow that swept in.

There was only one person left, and it was none other than Lian Zining.

After several years of training, Lian Zining is obviously much more shrewd and capable than before. He said to King Yan: "All the preparations have been made, and the preparations that should have been prepared last autumn were all ready. Whether it is military rations, or all kinds of cold materials, or even other small things, they are all ready. ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness."

King Yan suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Lian, will we pounce on the air this time?" ”

Lian Zining said: "His Royal Highness must be the son of His Majesty, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also allowed His Highness, this battle is not good, in fact, there is nothing." Your Highness is relieved. ”

King Yan sighed and said, "Relax? He shook his head.

This battle was the first battle presided over by King Yan. Even King Yan himself never thought that he could preside over this battle to destroy the country. Even if the Yuan Dynasty has survived to such an extent, it is still a great power.

How could he relax.

It's just that King Yan also knows that it is useless how much entanglement he has in his heart at the moment. You can't let go of relaxation. But it's not untenable.

King Yan didn't dwell on this topic, but said directly to Lian Zining: "Changchun will be handed over to you here." ”

Lian Zining said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness." ”

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Three days later, Yan Wangbing divided into two routes, left Zhaozhou City, and rode north in the wind and snow. All the way is led by the prince of Yan, who assaulted in the northwest direction. The other Lu was led by Ping'an, dozens of miles away from King Yan. The division of troops is not because of anything else. It's because it's to cover, these campsites.

Don't miss a single one.

Finally, they met on the banks of the River of Trouble. The River of Martyrdom is the sacred river of the Mongols and the place where Genghis Khan rose. This is also the northernmost part of the Northern Expedition that King Yan decided this time, the reason is very simple, he only brought thirty days of dry food, if there is no wrong estimate of the flowers, about the fifteenth, it will be here.

You need to return immediately.

Even the king of Yan did not think that the Mongols would be on the banks of the river. The reason is simple, the banks of the Troubled River are a little too north.