The march of the Ming army was not slow, and at the end of April, Yan Shizhao had already led the army to Datong.

And the Tatar army that entered the army was still raging in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

For so many years, they also succeeded in breaking through the border fortress of the Ming Dynasty for the first time, and the world of flowers in front of them blinded them, so that although they had looted a lot, they still took various departments as a unit, plundering and grabbing wealth in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

And their sweat did not stop these moves.

If you loot more, you will be able to open a bigger gap with the Warat tribes, and the war of reunification will be smoother at that time.

With this in mind, they still stayed in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and even maintained the gap in the Great Wall, constantly sending wealth and slaves to the outside of the fortress.

And this caused them to give the Ming army enough time to react, and the Ming army arrived in time.

Yan Shizhao spread out the map in the camp, frowning and thinking.

Unlike the original history of the late Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian tribes underwent great changes and were divided into Monan, Mobei and other departments, due to the hurricane set off by Yan Ling's pterosaur, the history has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the grassland situation in this time and space is no longer the same.

In the central and eastern part of the country, near the Great Wall, is the prefecture of the Ming Dynasty, which is still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Further out, to the edge of Monan, there are still feuds - but these, in addition to admitting themselves as courtiers of the Ming Dynasty and still maintaining commercial and other contacts with the Ming Dynasty, have actually been out of control, neither paying taxes based on cattle, sheep and horses, nor providing Mongolian cavalry.

Mobei belongs to the Tatars, that is, the fetters who have rebelled in the long two hundred years.

According to the original history, the nominal Great Khan of Mongolia at this time should have been Lin Dan Khan, but now this Khan has disappeared, and his replacement is called Kuk Khan.

However, no different from Lin Dan Khan, this Kuk Khan was also committed to unifying the Mongolian tribes and becoming the true master of the steppe.

He had succeeded in unifying the Tatar tribes, and his opponent was the nomadic Warat tribe in Moxi, and the two sides were often at war.

And this large-scale invasion was led by Cook Khan himself. He wanted to strengthen his strength by plundering the Ming Dynasty and better fight against the Warat Division.

Yan Shizhao did not fight with Cook Khan head-on, but when he was in Liaodong, he fought fiercely with the tribes in the eastern part of the Tatar Department many times, and he knew the roots.

He was not afraid of them.

When he was in Liaodong, he had seen the strength of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry under General Li with his own eyes, and he once personally led the brave cavalry to trample on the enemy camp and expel them into the vast grassland.

Now, although the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is not in his hands, he believes that the result is ...... It won't change!

Yan Shizhao's eyes revealed a bloodthirsty light.

His gaze was on the north side of the map, which was a section of the Great Wall.

A section of the Great Wall controlled by Cook Khan's men to transport supplies to the outside world.

Then his gaze slowly moved upwards to the territory of the Tatar tribe.

……

"Great Khan, the Ming army has attacked the tribes stationed on the Great Wall in the north, and two thousand warriors have been wiped out, and they have regained control of the Great Wall! The supplies and slaves that were transported there, as well as those that had just been sent out of the fortress, were all intercepted by the Ming army! ”

"Great Khan, the Ming army sent cavalry to attack our rear, many large battalions were breached, and supplies, women and children were plundered!"

"Great Khan, the strength of the cities in the south has increased, the defense has been strengthened, and the attacking tribes have suffered heavy losses in their troops, and they have returned in vain!"

"Great Khan, there are Ming cavalry attacking our scattered tribes, and several small tribes have been wiped out, and the one who came is suspected to be the three thousand battalions of the Ming Dynasty!"

……

Bad news reached Cook Khan's camp.

Yan Keng's suggestion at that time had an effect, and in the course of a hundred years of getting along, the Tatar army's combat methods had been thoroughly understood by the Ming army, and a series of countermeasures had also been developed.

This set really made Cook Khan extremely uncomfortable, especially the problem of the rear being invaded, which made him unable to sit still.

His territory is basically the original fetters, you must know how much this place has been ruled by the Ming Dynasty for more than 100 years, a complete map, where there is a water source, where it is suitable to be stationed, the Ming Dynasty is clear. This led to the Ming cavalry in a very short period of time, successively broke through the garrisons of nine tribes, plundered tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, rescued more than 30,000 slaves, and captured a large number of women and children.

After hearing the news, the hearts of the Tatars instantly fluctuated, and Cook Khan himself was a little flustered.

He knew very well that now that the gap in the Great Wall had been blocked by the Ming army, it was very likely that the messengers who came to report were deliberately released by the other party, wanting to disturb their military morale, but the commander of the Ming army calculated very accurately, and he was really afraid that his rear would be penetrated by this wave.

In this case, what is the point of him bringing so many supplies back?

A leader who can't protect his own relatives will lose the hearts of the people.

"Order all the troops to assemble, march north, break through the Great Wall, and we will go back!" He gritted his teeth and gave the order.

And this, in the heart of Yan Shizhao, after perceiving the withdrawal of the Tatar army, he immediately ordered the troops to be assembled.

The Tatar army, after assembling, came to the pass through which it had broken through and launched an attack.

50,000 Tatar troops went forward one after another, but fortunately, Yan Shizhao had already strengthened the defense of this place, and at least 40,000 Ming troops were stationed here with a large number of firearms and fortification equipment.

He wanted to turn and attack on the Great Wall, but when he turned around, he bumped into the Ming army that was coming up.

The Tatar army, carrying a large amount of plundered baggage, marched too slowly, and if they attacked for a few more days, they might be able to break the city, but by the time they gathered to attack, the Ming army had basically completed the assembly and followed.

Among the troops under Yan Shizhao, except for the 30,000 elites selected, all the rest were sent out and stationed in various places, and the border troops were replaced. The combat effectiveness of these armies is not very good, but with the firearms to defend the city, it is still barely enough, and they are still stronger than the guards in the south.

At this time, his subordinates added 50,000 border troops drawn out, with a total strength of 80,000, and prepared to launch an attack on the Tatar army.

Cook Khan was reluctant to fight a large-scale field battle with the Ming army, so even if he could win, it would be a loss of troops and would not be conducive to the conquest of the grassland, but he found that he could not escape at all with a large number of materials and the people of the Ming Dynasty.

The cities in the east and west are impregnable, the Great Wall in the north is bravely guarded, and the army in the south is advancing.

He had no choice.

Gritting their teeth, the Tatars began to turn.

Since you can't escape, let's fight!

Defeat the Ming army head-on, take gold, silver, grain and grass, slaves, and go home!

(End of chapter)