Needless to say, if you can stay in Hetao and Xuanning, which are warmer and warmer water and grass, could it be that the Tatar ethnic groups prefer the bitter cold Mobei?

Zhu Houxi did not know how to do the mobilization work.

Now the Khan Garden, which is almost pouring south, does have some momentum of "taking home the garden".

But during the Warring States Period, Zhao State set up Yunzhong County here!

Yang Yiqing, who has passed away, said: "Today's Hetao is Zhou Shuofang, Han Dingxiang, and Helian Bobo dominates Wancheng." Tang Zhangren was willing to build three surrendered cities, and set up 1,800 beacon throats, and the Turks did not dare to cross the mountains to graze horses. Those who did great things in ancient times did not work first and were at ease. The husband is subject to three dangers, and he is sheltered by thousands of miles. At the beginning of the country, he was surrendered and Wei Dongsheng was victorious, and he was in danger of losing one's side. Later, he dropped out of Dongsheng to Yansui, and covered more than a thousand miles of rush with one side, so that the fertile soil of the Hetao was abandoned as a nest. ”

The Hetao looks south to Guanzhong, the head of the world, the one who gets the Hetao walks the world, and those who lose the Hetao lose the world, the Hetao is safe, the world is safe, the Hetao is chaotic, the world is chaotic, the world is chaotic.

For the long-term future of the Ming Dynasty, this place must be completely transformed into the new home of the Ming Dynasty.

I may be playing the cards of "mourning soldiers" and "survival", and this is the truth for Tatars, and Zhu Houxi cannot be taken lightly.

Tactically, it must also be taken seriously now.

"Your Majesty, the Tartars are menacing, and the ministers are invited to die and drive back to Xuanfu......"

Mao Bowen couldn't bear this responsibility, and seeing that I answered that I was completely united and rushed straight to Tumochuan, I already understood what tactics I was going to use this time.

In this regard, Zhu Houxi also remembered a sentence in his mind: concentrate superior forces and annihilate each ......

The border army of the Ming Dynasty must hold the long border from Houtao to Kaiping, and the strength will naturally be dispersed.

"Ten rules of siege", the defenders here in front of the set only have a total of more than 20,000 border troops, plus 45,000 escort camps that have arrived. The "hundreds of thousands of troops" of Alta are specialized in one place, even if the Ming army is more powerful in defending the city with firearms, I am afraid that it may be broken through.

What's more, the Son of Heaven is in Datong.

The Khan's soldiers pointed directly at the location of the imperial car, and if the border troops of Houtao and Xuanning came to the rescue, it would be a more certain field battle in the north.

Zhu Houxi looked at the ministers kneeling beside him, and shook his head firmly: "What nonsense!" Before the fight began, I would retreat to Xuanfu first, how could the army's morale not be chaotic? You Li, you really shouldn't have done this! ”

Mao Bowen raised his head and looked at his eyes, feeling a little helpless.

This is not a joke, I replied that it was really a desperate posture.

In the face of a national war of this scale, once the situation changes, it is easy to form a situation of collapse.

There are at least more than 100,000 cavalry with war horses, which is really scary.

If the Son of Heaven has three long and two short, it will be really a big mess in the world.

Daming can be a little more stable, Mao Bowen felt that he was not wrong: "The minister will come to Jining in person." Is the Duke of Yiguo willing to lead the Beijing camp to go with me? No matter what, the five forts of Jingyu cannot afford to be lost! ”

This Jingyu Five Fort is another line of insurance defense that has only been established from the early years of Jiajing to the present. In the north of Datong, surrounded by the old and new side walls, it has become an important node of Datong leading to the front set.

It not only ensures the safety of Datong, which has become a semi-hinterland, but also ensures the safety of Datong's road to the Hetao border area.

Guo Xun naturally patted his chest: "That's how it should be!" ”

He took 30,000 Beijing camps to the north, and there were 10,000 Beijing camps that had just arrived to escort him.

The Beijing camp was originally a mobile force, and now that the direction of the enemy's front was clear, it was time for him to give his life.

Zhu Houxi looked at them, but said, "No! Spread the decree and move north to Fort Victory! ”

"No!" Mao Bowen, Guo Xun and others were all shocked, and stood up in unison to dissuade them.

"Could it be that after two great victories, the fear of the North Captives in the hearts of Qing and the others is still there?" Zhu Houxi said firmly, "If the Qing and the others are like this, I'm afraid that the border army in front of them is uneasy!" I went to let the front-line soldiers settle down! ”

This is the pressure that I will give if I don't divide my troops at all, after all, there are too many troops.

Even Mao Bowen and the others were worried about this for the first time, and persuaded Zhu Houxi to retreat to Xuanfu, what would the defenders of the naturalization, Zhuozi, and Jining lines think? That's dozens of times the enemy.

"Jingyu Five Forts are safe enough, what are you afraid of?" Zhu Houxi knew that he couldn't retreat, he was the military heart of the border army in the current situation, "Besides, if I knew that I arrived at Fort Victory, the situation would be different." I can only advance, not retreat! As soon as I retreated, the army's morale was chaotic. Under the wind of hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen, only a lonely city is left in the Hetao, and the Ming can only stick to the side wall! I went north to the Fort of Victory, and as long as I could force me back, there was hope. ”

Walking in front of the sand table, he pointed: "The front set only built the five cities of Naturalization, Zhuozi, Jining, Liangcheng, and Xinghe. I know my character, is it easier to win by attacking a city, or is it easier to win in a field battle with elite cavalry? I am in Fort Victory, he bypasses Jining, Zhuozi Chen Bingtucheng, and Maoerzhuang, will the defenders of Jining and Zhuozi rush south to rescue the driver? Out of the city, I can easily divide tens of thousands of cavalry to rush and kill! ”

Looking at Mao Bowen, Zhu Houxi said seriously: "As long as I don't retreat, as long as the generals don't move and hold here, in a few months, the Khan Court will definitely change!" ”

Mao Bowen knew, and he still couldn't help but worry: "But if General Ma ......"

"I believe in Ma Fang, I believe in you, and I believe in the border generals!" Zhu Houxi said categorically, "Only one thing, I can't retreat!" As soon as I retreat, the Hetao may be chaotic first, so that I can really make a gain! As soon as the situation in the north changes, Qinggan, Yunnan, and Guangxi will all be affected! ”

Guo Xun looked at Zhu Houxi, and a trace of red gradually appeared on his old face.

This emperor is naturally not the same role as Yingzong in the past, and he decided not to retreat because of strategic and tactical thinking.

But no matter what, it was he in the prime of life, and he really went to the front line to face hundreds of thousands of northern captives who fought against the water.

"General Staff Mao, let's do it!" Guo Xun also spoke, "What Your Majesty said is extremely true. People are desperate postures, if Da Ming is cowardly, he has already lost a small half. The two northern expeditions were great victories of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty was blessed with Qitian, and the Beijing camp of 45,000 was filled to the five forts of Jinglu. If he attacks Zhuozi and Jining, it will be up to him to withstand the attack of the defending army and the elite soldiers of the Beijing camp! If he attacks the five forts of Jingyu, does he really think that my Yiguo Gong is a waste of fame? ”

Mao Bowen looked at them, and then said no more: "The minister will set off, and first drive to Jining!" ”

"This war of annihilation! Da Ming must also be prepared to take risks and have bloody battles! Zhu Houxi understood his decision, "The decision I made, no matter where this decision will lead the battle situation, Qing and the others are loyal and brave ministers!" ”

If this decision ends up having bad consequences, what good will happen to the General Staff of Military Affairs who failed to dissuade the Emperor?

So Mao Bowen chose to go to the more dangerous Jining.

But Zhu Houxi became more and more clear that I was really going to fight against the odds this time, and I Da, who had escaped all my life, has always been a character who faced difficulties.

As the two lords of the country, their personalities will also be part of the confrontation in this battle of the country.

Zhu Houxi thought about his own arrangement, and his son, who had been in prison since he was a child, had initially established a new order of interests through the new law, and then he no longer hesitated.

Only against the northern captives, Zhu Houxi drove the expedition every time.

He has no regrets in this life, Dongying will definitely take it down, the Europeans have been blocked in the west of the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate, and the seeds of science have been planted by him.

Now that Zhu Houyu dares not to retreat, can I think that Zhu Houyu is proud and contemptuous of him, and he is betting on the future of the Khan Court, and then gambling a little bigger, and he is bent on forcing Zhu Houyu to retreat and even capture Zhu Houyi?

"Marching with dignity! I enjoy the dignity of the Son of Heaven, and I should be the guardian of the people! ”

Inside and outside Datong, the royal drive and the Beijing camp are opened, and the Sanchen Banner and the Dragon Flag of the Son of Heaven are spread in the north wind, all the way to the north.

The situation is dangerous, and the people don't know much about it.

Bian Qing was still in a hurry to the capital, and Zhao Zhenji, who was driving, looked at the emperor sitting on a horse in battle armor, and a thought turned in his heart.

The emperor chose to believe in the Ming Dynasty that he had worked so hard to govern, to believe in his civil and military affairs, to believe in the border soldiers, and to believe in ...... His son......

The crown prince is in charge of the country, and under such a big war situation, if someone does a little something, such as a little mistake in the military supply, it may be magnified in the end.

Now, the prestige emperor chose to believe in everything, and resolutely went to the front line to stabilize the morale of the army.

"Take my token and go to Xuanfu to find the sea guard."

Zhao Zhenji instructed his "domestic servant". Gui is the new chief of the imperial study, and Zhao Zhenji naturally has a staff member.

"Tell him that now that His Majesty is safe, half of it is tied to him. The weight of the king's grace, I hope he will keep in mind that he will not let down His Majesty's heart! ”

When Hai Rui arrived, Zhao Zhenji accompanied him to see the emperor's appreciation of him.

At that time, the emperor said: "From this time on, you will start to supervise." I founded the Datong Party in the world, and I will need a backbone and a whip in the future. You've been planting trees for so many years, and later, you're going to help me plant this little seedling into a towering tree. In the future, all the same parties in the world must not forget the aspiration of the great harmony of the world! ”

This is Hai Rui in the emperor's mind.

Now, Zhao Zhenji can't speculate more about the human nature of the prince, let alone the human nature of the courtiers and relatives in the capital.

He didn't have to shy away from the status quo that he was the chief of the imperial study and his future and destiny were tied to the emperor.

It's just that in this battle alone, the Ming Dynasty should be victorious, and His Majesty should be victorious.

There was an atmosphere in the marching ranks.

In this atmosphere, Zhao Zhenji couldn't help but be a little more enthusiastic.

This is how a man should be.

On the Yinshan Mountain line in the north, the Great Wall of the Warring States Qin and Han dynasties is distributed along here.

There were too many people and horses in my answer, and it would not be safe to follow the Donghe River he was familiar with and cross the Yin Mountain to Fengzhou Beach.

The area around the sand well became a logistics base.

It is relatively flat and there are several rivers.

From there, heading west leads to Houtao from between Wolf Mountain and Daqing Mountain.

From the east, you can bypass the main vein of Daqing Mountain, and enter the north of Jining, which is located at the southeast foot of Daqing Mountain, from a relatively open and flat area in the north.

Therefore, it has also been a fortress since ancient times, and in the Song, Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, there were many wars here, and it has also become a very important commercial hub.

For more than ten years, the city of Jining under the rule of the Ming Dynasty reappeared in the grand occasion of six vertical and seven horizontal.

But at this moment, in the face of the herd of horses that appeared in the northeast, Jining City seemed small.

There are more than 10,000 people and horses, and there is no shore.

Now the generals in Jining City have indeed awakened their fear and even fear of the northern captives.

There are so many Tartars, it shows their determination.

And with the grudge that Da Ming and the Tartars have already formed, if the city is broken, there will be no reason to survive.

"March! When I arrived at the shore of Jining Sea, I lost the courage of the Han people first! ”

This Jining Sea is a lake in the southeast of Jining.

Not far to the south of the lake, is Maoerzhuang, which is only dozens of miles away from the side wall that is still well preserved in the Ming Dynasty.

In the sight of the defenders of Jining, the locust-like army branched out in the distance and slowly marched south.

"They are going to besiege the city, they are going to besiege the city!"

When you arrive at the shore of Jining Sea, the reinforcements and grain routes in the south will be threatened.

And to the east, it is already where Daxu is located, and it is impossible for reinforcements from Xinghe to come.

Further west, Zhuo Zi is located between the great green mountains, which is the gateway to the front set. They had already been ordered not to move lightly no matter what the situation of the battle was.

It was less than 200 miles to Datong, and when the Altan army marched south to the north shore of Jining Sea to prepare to set up camp and begin to besiege the city, Mao Bowen, who was escorted by about 500 pacesetters, rushed to the south of Jining City.

I replied that he was still in the northeast of Jining, and he couldn't see it here for the first time and make a decision.

And the cavalry commander who went south saw this group of people, but immediately gave an order.

"Go to the three thousand horsemen, and kill them all, and frighten the defenders of the city. Five thousand horsemen on the flanks are ready, as long as someone goes out of the city to answer, they will be killed! ”

Mao Bowen didn't expect me to come so quickly.

When the news came from Daqingshan, their army was still naturalizing the sand wells in the north.

And the news reached Datong, and after discussion, when they traveled more than 100 miles to Jining, I had already arrived in Jining in more than a day.

Even if there are two or three horsemen per capita, although it is only about 400 miles from that side, it is an army of hundreds of thousands after all!

When he first arrived in Jining, he was in danger, Mao Bowen gritted his teeth: "Directly call the name of the official, call Your Majesty to enter the Victory Fort, and 50,000 troops will come to help!" Rush into the city, and the city guards can see my flag from the telescope! ”

It's a small vibrancy to information asymmetry.

The Tartar was still a little far away, and he couldn't know for the first time that there were such big fish in his group.

The first person in the Ming army's power and responsibility, with only 500 pacesetters around him, was outside the city, and 3,000 cavalry were preparing to intercept them.

Seeing Mao Bowen's order, the pacesetters around him could only be heartbroken, and roared in unison.

Mao Bowen is in a hurry, and there will be no shortage of war horses for these five hundred people.

To the west of Jining Sea, five hundred horsemen began to sprint towards Jining City.

To the north of the Jining Sea, 3,000 Tatar cavalry cut diagonally from the northeast.

Then the voices of the five hundred people rang out, not loud among the horses' hooves, but not broken.

"The General Staff of the Ming Military Affairs is here! The Son of Heaven has arrived at the Victory Fort, and 50,000 Beijing camps have come to help! Daming Wansheng! ”

The sound reached the Tatar cavalry who were closer first, and they did not understand it at first.

But since it was such a resolute southern expedition, how could it not be worthy of some interpreters who knew Chinese.

On horseback, a man shouted excitedly: "Yes...... It's a big official of the Han people! Great official! ”

After a while, it was the three thousand horsemen who shouted in unison, trying to spread the message to the back.

Jining City, on the city wall after the repair of the Ming Dynasty, the guard saw his flag with a telescope as Mao Bowen said.

By this time, the Tartar army, which was halfway to the southeast, was already agitated.

"Quick! Hurry out of the city to answer, be sure to guard the south gate! ”

The guard's face was ugly, and his mood was extremely nervous.

How can the General Staff of Military Affairs not save him when he sees death? And when the gates are opened, how dangerous will it be?

"Don't save ammo! Follow me to pick them up, they are not ready, they will not attack in a mess, the east and north of the city, and they will also go out of the city gate to deceive! ”

There was only a small time difference, and the Tartars were not ready to attack, and large-scale operations would have to wait for my order.

There is only this glimmer of life.

The sudden situation made the Jining defenders suppress the fear of the approaching enemy and began to carry out the military order.

And the south of the city began to stage the speed of life and death.

Fortunately, Mauberwin was closer, and their shouts reached the city.

"The General Staff of the Ming Military Affairs is here! The Son of Heaven has arrived at the Victory Fort, and 50,000 Beijing camps have come to help! Daming Wansheng! ”

This is timely news.

Facing the enemy army that could not be seen at a glance, the soldiers and civilians in Jining City knew three pieces of information.

The General Staff of the Ming Military Affairs came over in person.

The Son of Heaven also arrived at the Victory Fort, which was less than 100 miles away from Jining.

Fifty thousand reinforcements are on the way.

"Daming Wansheng!"

Catharsis and morale boosting.

In the hustle and bustle of Jining City, the Ming army actually went out of the east and north gates, and set up a military formation under the city wall.

From afar, I replied a little inexplicably and a little solemnly looking at all this.

Lose your marbles?

But he was really not ready, and the cavalry who delivered the message was still on his way to here from the north of Jining Sea.

Mao Bowen looked at the Tatar cavalry that was getting closer and closer, and remembered the emperor's words: You can only advance, not retreat.

Now he really is.

For the time being, only the front-line strikers on both sides of Seongnam know what the situation is.

Mao Bowen didn't care whether he was afraid of death now, but he knew that he couldn't die.

Before the war started, the General Staff of the Ming Dynasty died here, so what would happen?

It shouldn't be like this, but he can't dissuade the emperor, so he can only take the lead.

Besides, isn't it just three thousand rides?

Everyone has horses!

"Rush! Rush over! Shoot the arrow first, there is only one key chance! ”

When it's far enough away, it's a horse shot.

Among the arrows, needless to say, they are already guarded around.

Some people were hit by arrows, and some people fell off their horses.

Mao Bowen gritted his teeth and drove the horses, he was not young anymore, he could only feel one thing more truly: life and death, is there no bloody battle?

Fortunately, the distance is still far away, except for a few special backs, the two sides are close after all.

Mao Bowen could already see the fanatical and greedy eyes of some Tartars, and the cavalry on the opposite side was like a dam, trying to block them.

Behind them, Mao Bowen could also faintly see smoke and dust in the south of Jining City.

"Wait a little closer! Volt low, volt low and prepare! ”

As they approached quickly, the pacesetters put down their bows and arrows and began to make the preparations that Mao Bowen had said.

Getting closer and closer, soon it was only a few dozen steps.

"Listen to me! Preparation, three ......"

The Tatar cavalry that came diagonally watched in amazement as this group of Ming troops suddenly scattered into a relatively large arrow, which was not sharp.

But they all had something in their hands.

"Put!"

There were only 500 guards, which was not only in a hurry, but also a testament to their extraordinary.

They have a name: the Gun Riders.

The sound of fire sounded, and the Tatar cavalry in front of this arrow suddenly fell in a large platoon at a distance of less than thirty paces, and the troops were in disarray.

In fact, on the horse, there is almost only a chance for a salvo.

There was no time to reload.

But this was a situation that the Tatar cavalry had never encountered, and they only saw the Ming army on the opposite side with blood-red eyes, still holding something like that and pointing at them.

On it there were both the heads of the spears and the muzzles of the fiery guns.

The credit is tempting, but the life is your own.

Who intercepts whom, who chisels through whom?

The result will be decided, but for Mao Bowen, only the brave can win and survive at this moment.

It's not that Da Ming can't outwit, it's just that I chose to be a strong enemy.

After all, we have to finish this battle with real swords and guns!

(End of chapter)