Guo Xun can't eat this hot feat, the ghost knows if I will go and return, take advantage of the Ming army to catch big fish and then kill from Datong to loot?

Now Guo Xun is in a big disaster and is addicted to meritorious service, so he scolds me for answering.

Bodie didn't scold me.

I'm tired of scolding.

The problem at hand is even more serious, and the timing of my withdrawal is too good.

Zhu Qi, who is struggling to support this point, also has experience.

"Master Hou, if the Tartars from Gubeikou come from Fengning, how can we hold on for so long?"

Zhu Qi can't manage so much anymore, surround the Great Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and is expected to be captured, what kind of merit is that?

"They will definitely come!" Zhu Qi gritted his teeth and said, "So you must hold on!" ”

In this situation, the fastest way for Bodi to get out of danger is to attack the Longmen Station with his subordinates outside Gubeikou and get out of the side wall from here.

Wait for the Gubeikou side to cross the mountains and mountains to protect the grain road on the dam and then go out from the monolith? Couldn't the Daming Dragon Gate guards and the army of Zhangjiakou Fort maneuver faster along the side wall to that side?

Coincidentally, this area is Yanshan, and although Bodi's army is more than four legs per capita in the mountains, how much faster can it be? The Tartars over there at Gubeikou are also closer to Longmensuo!

Zhu Qi felt that he was standing at the crossroads of fate: "The armies of the Four Seas and Yanqing Prefecture must be coming at full speed!" The great work is just around the corner! Hold! ”

At this moment, Tang Shunzhi also rushed to Xuanfu, after all, the grain road in the direction of Huailai was already safe.

Commander He Xun's pacesetter battalion had previously assisted in defending Zhangjiakou Fort and had some losses. But now in the face of such a merit, they are also red-eyed, and ask to join the three thousand strong craftsmen to enter Yanshan for reinforcements.

How could Fu Duo, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, stay out of the matter? It had already set out from the Longmen Guards to lead the army, and the commander had retreated to the Longmen Guards and the border troops who had gone out of the border wall before.

Zhang Bo, who went out of the border wall to raise supplies for the border army that had planned to intercept the Alta army, moved from Baimiaotan to the side of the dam as fast as possible to investigate the movement on the side of the dam first.

Zhu Houxi, Yang Yiqing, Tang Shunzhi, Wang Xian, who returned to Xuanfu and others, studied and judged the subsequent changes in the situation.

"More than 4,000 people were killed and wounded in this battle, and very little was gained. I answered a part, and the loss was finally in the battle of Yutailing, with more than 1,000 casualties, but there was quite a lot of gain afterwards. Wang Xian said seriously, "If Bodi dies or is captured, I will definitely sit big." When he dominates the steppe, it will be another Dayan Khan! ”

To Zhu Houxi's surprise, now the important ministers of the border town are advocating for Bodi to be released back to the grassland.

"The movement of this battle is so big, how can I convince the public if I withdraw my troops and trap Bodi in Yanshan? Besides, Bodie has an eldest son who is eight years old, and this position will not fall on my head in any way. Tang Shunzhi retorted.

"The lord of the trap, Gunbiric, is his own brother, and although the damage this time is large, he can't complain. The defeat of the trap was the strength of the defenders of Datong West Road. Although the Marquis of Wuding went to Jingping, when he won the captivity, he did not have the rest of Datong's troops to contribute. Because of this, Gunberik's prestige will plummet. Yang Yi counted the area around Hetao, and then pointed out the area of Xuanfu and Chahar just north of Jizhou, "As for trapping Bodi in Yanshan......"

He expressed another set of words for answering this "winner":

Yutailing defeated the Ming army, broke the fort in one day, and conquered two cities in two days, at least 30,000 troops on the front line of Xuanfu, and more than 50,000 permanent reserve reinforcements in the Huailai area were pinned down by him here and could not move.

Arguably, he is under the most pressure. And Gunbilik was defeated by a weak hand of Datong West Road, Bodi himself had to grind in the western foothills of Yanshan, hoping to use the Longmen Acropolis to consume the strength of the Tumut Department again, I replied that I heard that the Ordos Department was defeated, and I was worried that Datong reinforcements would return to Xuanfu, so what was wrong with him retreating?

It's Bodie as the lord of the Khan Court, and the pattern is too small!

It was he who launched this southern expedition in the name of the Khan's court, and there was a big answer to contain the main force of the Ming army, why didn't he Bodi quickly raid Yanqing Prefecture or the south of Xuanfu?

As long as the Ming Emperor retreats, it is a defeat.

In the case that the Ming army of Datong has defeated Gunbilik and can take the back road from Datong at any time, why can't I withdraw?

"According to what Qing and the others said, it is more beneficial for Da Ming to capture Bodi and release him back to the grassland?"

"Naturally. Bodi will die or be captured, and the Northern Yuan will set up a new master. Naturally, I can't immediately win the Khan throne, but the new lord of the Northern Yuan Dynasty must rely on the right wing to resist my Ming Dynasty. Yang Yiqing, these old politicians, analyzed this war from the perspective of political needs, "On the contrary, Bodi Ruohui, although he has a defeat, he is still the lord of the Northern Yuan." The right wing is already sitting on the right, and the left wing needs to support him to contend with the right wing. I also couldn't take advantage of the time that the new lord of the Northern Yuan needed to subdue the left wing first, and continue to fight without the threat of the back. ”

Zhu Houxi was thinking.

In his mind, the main goal of this battle plan is to answer, this is a great talent, and the threat to the Ming Dynasty is most.

It takes time to deliver information on the battlefield, and it is more important for me to know the news a day or two in advance.

In just one or two days, Bodi was trapped in Yanshan.

It's still a time when I'm not very strong, but he's been in the best position in this battle.

After this battle, Yang Yiqing and the others also recognized that I was a greater threat to Daming than Bodi. But now, they are suggesting that Bodie be put back and let them burn up first.

Bodie is not dead, then my answer's "winner" rhetoric is untenable, at least Bodie will definitely hold a grudge against me.

"Xuanda Border Town, it will take several years to reform the old malpractices and train the new army!" Yang Yiqing continued, "If Bodi dies, the first thing the new lord of the Northern Yuan Dynasty will do is not to deal with the right wing, but to subdue the left wing, and even rely on the right wing to subdue the left wing. This situation is more conducive to me. Although there is no name of the Great Khan, there is the fact of the Great Khan. In this way, I will not give Daming Bian Town a chance to breathe. ”

Now it's a bit of a half-time champagne, after all, Bodie is still alive and kicking.

But after all, the general direction of the matter has been decided: I have already retreated, and Bodie is better off returning with a defeat and a loss of prestige.

The pattern on the grassland must be rewritten, and the Ming Dynasty also needs to have a new response.

After a period of deliberation among the monarchs and ministers, they found that the most likely trend on the grassland would be the possible unstoppable rise of Alta: the Northern Yuan Khan's court, which had been appointed as the young lord, would only be more dependent on the 30,000 households on the right wing to resist the Ming Dynasty. And the 30,000 right-wing households will also be headed by Meda. Just wait for Alta's power to expand further, and Alta, who also has the blood of the Golden Family, is likely to become another Dayan Khan, Bodi's eight-year-old son, but it is too late to have a son.

Yang Yiqing felt that Daming had a great victory for two consecutive years, and what was missing next was just time.

Originally, I wanted to go to that height step by step, but I couldn't do it for more than ten years, at least when Bodie was still alive.

But if Bodie died, it wouldn't be the same. I could not have become the nominal Great Khan, but in fact he became the most powerful person in the Northern Yuan, and even mobilized the power of the Northern Yuan Khan Court in exchange for nominal submission to the lord of the Northern Yuan.

What can the powerful ministers of the Chahar Khan court expect with a young lord? It's good to keep your current status and enjoy it.

So Bodie died, and Daming didn't have time to strengthen the strength of the border town.

This time, even if it has been planned for a long time, it is actually quite a fluke. From the next time, I will not do this, but play what the steppe cavalry does best: come and go like the wind, loot assets, and improve strength.

The border towns have been fighting for years, how can they be reformed?

In the persuasion of Yang Yiqing and others, Zhu Houxi finally raised his head: "No! The Lord of the Northern Yuan must stay here! ”

……

War has always been a continuation of politics, but politics is the art of how to achieve the ruling order, and the most effective rule is always based on the will of the people.

At this moment in the border towns, the hearts of the people are the hearts of the generals to win meritorious deeds, and it is the hearts of the people in the border towns who trust the border army to defeat the Tartars and defend them.

For Zhu Houxi, this popular heart is the heart of his immortal achievements, unprecedented prestige, and intimidation of the Ming Dynasty after his personal conquest, and it is the heart of the subjects who are not just blindly afraid of the Tartars from now on.

As for whether I will give Daming a chance to breathe, there are more solutions.

The Imperial Commander moved towards the Dragon Gate Guard, and the Emperor took a step closer to the frontier, already beside the side wall.

Fu Duo moved to Pine Fort, and Li Quanli advanced from Chang'an to Sanchakou Fort. One order after another is being issued, and the orders we have received are: first make every effort to defend the border wall to prevent the Tartars from escaping from the weak parts of the border wall outside the border wall fortress such as Longmen Station and Dushikou.

Now, Bodi's tent is set up in Akagi. Thirty miles to the east here, it is the Longmen Station where the fierce battle is in full swing. To the north along the Longmen River 100 miles away, is the monolith mouth leading to the dam. About sixty miles to the southwest is the Acropolis of the Dragon Gate. Located between the Longmen Acropolis and the Red Castle is the Three Forks Fort.

The sentinel returned to the camp and reported: "From the Chang'an of the Han people to Xuanfu and Zhangjiakou, their army is encircling this side. number, a total of not less than 20,000 people. The emperor of the Han people is also coming here. ”

Bodi's face was darker than the night at the moment: the Han emperor who humiliated him for being naïve, but younger than him.

He regretted it a little, if he had rushed out of Yanshan earlier and forced the Han emperor to retreat south, maybe I would have attacked with all his strength when he saw the wind and made the rudder.

However, they did not encounter any decent resistance from the two roads of Dushikou and Longmensuo.

The Ming army gave up the western foot of Yanshan so easily, and Bodi was actually a lot more cautious, so that the marching speed was slower.

Now it is even more obvious: this seems to be just a trap to lure him into this swallow mountain.

Bodie didn't believe that Gunbirick had lost so badly to the west of Datong, he only knew that first Gunbirick was defeated, and then I had withdrawn.

Collusion with the Han people to frame the Great Khan!

"How's it going over there?"

“…… Suddenly, the elite of the 1,050 Ming army appeared and recaptured Dushikou. ”

Bodie clenched his fists tightly: there is no such thing as an elite that will suddenly appear, this is a pre-arranged trap!

At least I said that I would penetrate all the way from Yutailing to the Longmen guard as soon as possible, and I stopped after he took Yutailing and Wanquan Right Guard within two days!

Bodi did not know that the 1,500 men had planned to cross the mountains and take the grain and grass that Zhang Bo had raised outside the border wall to intercept the retreat of the sluggish people.

When I withdrew, the Damingdun Sentinels were able to immediately scatter farther beyond the side wall, find them, and give new orders.

"Great Khan, find a place to get out from the side wall!" A general advised, "You are the master of Dayuan, you can't continue here!" ”

At this moment, the Northern Yuan still uses the name of the country formulated by Kublai Khan. The so-called Mongolia is also the Mongol Khanate of the Great Yuan. In the mind of the Lord of the Great Yuan, there were many khanates of the Great Yuan, including the homeland of the Han people south of the Great Wall.

Bodie shouted: "Find a side wall and go out, what about the slaves and goods that are harvested here?" Isn't it easier to march on unfamiliar routes, the safety of the army? ”

The number of troops determines that it is faster and safer to go out from the old route that is easier to break off and easier to walk.

It is also more in line with the identity of the lord of the Northern Yuan.

That would be to break through the enemy's castle and return with a full load, rather than fleeing in a hurry.

"Great Khan, it's too late to hesitate! They could be on the Great Wall, and soon they would enclose every wall. Han people are like cattle and sheep, there are too many! ”

In fact, the cavalry rarely attacked the fortifications when they entered, and basically found a low, dilapidated city wall and quickly climbed in.

The same is true when you go.

It's just that this time it's different, this time it's Bodie's deliberate move to increase his prestige. After spending so much money and bringing so many people, is the lord of the dignified Northern Yuan here to be a thief?

Even I answered and stormed Yutailing, and Gunbirik broke through Ying'enbao and entered the Ming Dynasty.

Historically, in the reality of the moment, Bodi is a level behind Alta, and is now wasting precious time under the weight of the idol baggage of the Great Khan.

The Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty is indeed dilapidated in many places, but compared to the rugged paths in the mountains, the Great Wall now plays an important military function: army mobilization.

The northwest of Xuanfu is still strengthening its defenses, but the mobile forces such as Li Jin, He Quanan, and Yan Chunsheng, and the reinforcements from the Sihai Zhishu in Yanqingzhou outside Juyong Pass and even Jizhou, are encircling along the Great Wall from the east and west.

In the mountains at the western foot of Yanshan, the armies of Li Quanli and Fu Duo surrounded Chicheng from the direction of Chang'an and Longmenwei respectively.

The march route in the mountains was shorter, but much slower.

Zhu Houxi has arrived at the Dragon Gate Acropolis. If you want to break the Longmen Acropolis, you must either break the two Great Walls, or break the Zhangjiakou Fort from the south of the Great Wall from the west.

The plan that Bodi and Alta initially discussed was that Alta would first attack these border forts north of Xuanfu and attack the Longmen Acropolis from west to east. Bodi, on the other hand, personally led a large army to attack from the western foot of Yanshan, causing the Ming Dynasty to lose control of the northern side wall of Xuanfu in one fell swoop.

If the strategy is achieved, both Xuanfu and Datong must be abandoned. The right wing is close to here, and will get real benefits; In addition to the benefits of this trip, Bodi can also increase his prestige and subdue the ministries.

Now that I have retired, the Gantry guards are safe.

Rao is like this, the royal drive to the Longmen Guard, Fu Duo's troops and the 5,000 troops left behind to escort the guard can't go too deep, but they are all camped in the mountains east of the Longmen Guard—the battle line has been pushed to the Sanchakou Fort thirty miles away from Chicheng, and it is still compressing inside.

"I thought Bodie was going to run away. It's all in this situation, why does he have to go out from Longmen or Dushikou? ”

More than ten days have passed since the evacuation of Alta. The time has come to November, and the armies that are besieging and intercepting from all sides are in place, and now it can really be called impassable: there are at least twenty or thirty people on the side wall piers that are not important. In the event of an enemy, nearby allies can quickly come to reinforce them.

Wang Xian gave him the answer: "Once you can't get out of the border wall, Akagi will give up first, and the people and horses can only be trapped on the mountain." Although it is dangerous to stay in the Red Castle, the grain and grass and the goods looted before can still be refused to defend the fort. Beyond the border wall, there are also Khan's pro-army coming to help. Desperately hold on for a month, or there is a chance to turn defeat into victory. If he fled north, it would be a big defeat, and the lord of the Northern Yuan would not be able to bear the burden. ”

Zhu Houxi understood, just like if he retreated south after the imperial expedition, it would be a success or failure. This principle is the same for the Lord of the Northern Yuan.

Since this battle has begun, there is always one side that will lose more miserably, after all, it is all the lords of the country who have personally conquered.

This time luck is on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and the lord of the Northern Yuan has an ambitious and eloquent answer.

"In addition to the reinforcements of the Gubeikou Chahar Department outside the Longmen Institute, there are reinforcements coming?" Zhu Houxi calculated, "Then at least it will have to wait until after the middle of the year, right?" ”

"Your Majesty, if you want to keep Bodi here, you must take advantage of the fact that the Tartars are not good at defending the city and capture it as soon as possible."

Zhu Houxi nodded: "The side wall is guarded, and the west, south, and north armies advance to Chicheng Wuli, ready to attack the city." Ordered the Marquis of Funing, don't be greedy and divide your troops to go to Chicheng. He guarded the Longmen Institute on the East Road, which is the supreme merit! ”

The opportunity was left to Li Quanli, to Fu Duo, to He Xun, and to these generals who were in the Xuan Mansion.

This battle was a battle in which the morale of the Ming army was unprecedentedly high.

The encirclement, although not dense, is sufficient, and the fish in the encirclement are too big.

No matter how fierce the battle was, the generals of the Ming army also knew: it is difficult to encounter such a good opportunity again in this life. I can't grasp such an opportunity, and it will be difficult to have any sense of existence in the eyes of the emperor in the future.

At this moment, Li Quanli, who had been holding back for so long, finally let the Jingying under his command, including the three thousand elites disguised as craftsmen led by He Xun, take out the strongest firepower of the Ming Dynasty that they could use.

In the Red Castle, Bodie finally regretted that he couldn't put down the Khan's shelf at the beginning and find a weak spot in the side wall to break through.

Right now, he has one last chance under his command.

"Great Khan, rush out between Mumabao and Zhen'anbao! Yunzhou Fort can't hold out for long! ”

To the north of the Red Castle, there is also a galloping road leading to the Pine Fort next to the Longmen River to get out of the side wall, but this road is now blocked by the army led by Fu Duo, and it is storming the Yunzhou Fort that is guarding the key points of both land and water.

The Mongol army, which indeed has only one way to the northeast, seems to be relatively weak at present.

“…… Don't hesitate to horsepower, the Han people can't catch up! Bodie finally gave the order, "Burn down the Red Castle, and after you leave, burn the mountains here all the way to block the pursuers!" ”

On this night, the western foot of Yanshan Mountain was on fire.

The snow hadn't fallen yet, the mountains and trees were dry, and Zhu Houxi was looking at the red night sky in the northeast at Longmen Guard, his fists clenched very tightly.

Set fire to the mountain, which must not let Bodie sit in prison?

Bodi, who was ready to block the Ming army behind him with the ruins of the wall and the dry wildfires that followed the winter, would soon regret the decision - it looked wrong again.

They walked north from the north of the Red Castle along the east bank of the Longmen River Valley. After arriving at the southeast of Yunzhou Fort, I was ready to go through the valley in the northeast and protrude from Zhen'an Fort.

Yes, when you go, you still have to go out through a walled fort. It's just that this Zhen'an Fort is the farthest away from the reinforcements of the Ming army in the east and west directions. From Yunzhou Fort to Zhen'an Fort , the average width of the valley in the middle is more than one mile, which is more conducive to the march of cavalry.

Zhen'anbao is also located in this valley, which is flanked by mountains on the north and south. Attacking Zhen'an Fort did not risk being beaten by the Ming army.

But it was not the Ming army who condescendingly beat them, but the mountain fire.

It is well known that northerly winds prevail in the northern winters, but that is more or less the case over a wide area and time period.

But the mountains have their own mountain microclimate, and most of the armies marching through the mountains are in the valleys.

Although the fire stopped the pace of Li Quanli's department, Fu Duo's department further north was not greatly affected.

On the contrary, the fire spreads much faster than people may be. The turbulence of air flow in the mountains brought about by the wildfires is faster.

And once a wildfire breaks out, it blows from the valley to the hillside during the day. At night, it blows from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley – with thick smoke.

Soldiers choke, horses chaotic.

Li Quanli and He Xun couldn't catch up in front of the mountain fire, so they could only scold.

But will this allow Bodie to slip away?

"Chase!"

They only took 1,500 elites with each of them and ventured to chase them.

Fu Duo's soldiers had just taken Yunchuan Fort, and now they could only sigh at the fire.

"General, on the windward slope, the mountain fire probably won't burn down at night. If you can go around Tuogou, you can kill it from Majiayao! ”

"Really? Do you know the way? ”

"Got it!" The huge goods are in front, and no fisherman can endure it, "I have guarded Mao'eryu and Zhen'anbao, and the road here is very familiar!" ”

"Name out two thousand veterans, quick! Ordered Pine Fort, Monolith Fort, the four forts along the road to change the defense of Monolith Fort, Monolith Fort, Banbidian Fort, Maoeryu Fort are all in a hurry to march to Zhen'an Fort, be sure to leave the Tartar within the side wall! ”

The nearly 8,000 horsemen gathered by Bodi were still crowded in the valley leading from Zhen'anbao to Yunchuan, braving the wind from the mountain fires that were rushing down.

On Zhen'an Fort, the fire in the pier was also blazing, but in fact it was no longer needed to warn here - the mountain fire in the southwest was the biggest alarm.

Outside the Longmen Station, the Chahar reinforcements from Gubeikou galloped to the northwest overnight, and the sound of horses' hooves woke up Funing Hou Zhuqi.

"Da Sima!" He looked at Wang Shouren with blank eyes.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Shouren laughed: "Zhu Hou will lead 3,000 soldiers, I am here." On Your Majesty's side, I will also say for Zhu Houfen that the military situation is like fire, and you can't wait. ”

Zhu Qi was overjoyed, and immediately clenched his fists: "Don't thank you for your great grace!" ”

On the sleepless night, the mountain fire illuminated the western foot of Yanshan Mountain.

It is no longer a matter of worrying about how many people will be left behind in the rapid march at night, and every Ming general is worried that the big fish will break through the net and really escape.

Coincidentally, after I withdrew, the first to receive a new order to rush to this area to reinforce the border wall were Li Jin, He Quanan, and Yan Chunsheng.

Now seeing such a big movement, they rushed to Zhen'anbao in time.

Li Jin trembled with excitement all over: I didn't block it, I blocked it to the Northern Yuan Khan!

Do you know how long Lao Tzu has been in the wilderness?

(End of chapter)