He also discussed with Boyan Timur for a long time, and finally slapped the table: "That's it, I decided, the army will rest for two days, and send 5,000 people out to plunder grain and grass every day."

As long as there are three days of grain and grass, our whole army will attack and go straight to Xuanfu.

The main force of the Ming army and the emperor's pro-army are now in the grassland, so let's go and kill the Shenji battalion that they are besieging Xuanfu and the reinforcements that have just arrived.

Then go out of the Dushikou and go to raid the main army of the Ming army in the grassland. They have just won, and it should be the time when we are most relaxed, and we can surprise them and give them a fatal blow.

Eventually, the army retreated westward to gather the troops. As long as the Ming Emperor did not carry out an exterminating massacre of our people, we would stay away from the Ming border and lie down for ten years.

Ten years later, when tens of thousands of men of the tribe have reached adulthood, we can reorganize an army of 100,000 to take revenge on the Ming Emperor. ”

Boyan Timur nodded in agreement. This is also a way out of the question, let Boyan Timur say it himself, he can't say a better way.

……

At the same time as the plan was also decided, the war on the steppe was unfolding.

In order to survive the winter safely, and in order to be able to support the main force of Yexian nearby when the situation changes, the large army left behind by Warat moved to Urat in the outer loop.

This just gave the Ming army an opportunity, and now the east of the army left behind by Wara is the Eastern Route Army of the Ming Dynasty, including the 30,000 troops who are not spending, the left and right guards of Yingzhou, and 50,000 auxiliaries.

To the south of the army left behind, there was the middle route army of the Ming Dynasty, including the 30,000 army of the Arazhiyuan, the Xiaocai battalion, the Tiance Guard, and the elite of the 5,000 Shenji Battalion led by Fan Guang, plus 50,000 auxiliary soldiers.

To the west of the army left behind is the Qisumu Mountains, which were originally used to block the cold wind for the Warat tribesmen, but now it has become an obstacle to the retreat of Warat.

The Eastern Route Army, the Middle Route Army, and the Qisumu Mountains of the Ming Dynasty surrounded more than 100,000 Warat troops and 30,000 left-behind troops.

It is impossible for the warriors of Warat to leave behind the women and children and run over the mountains.

Therefore, Xu Heng was not in a hurry, and gave Yexian's eldest son Huo'er a sudden answer of five days to set up the army.

Xu Heng considered that if he wanted Huo'er to gather all the bravery of Warat, save one in the east and one in the west, and let the Ming army search everywhere.

Another reason is that the army and its people left behind by Warat are not all here, but divided into two parts.

Yexian's favorite second son, Ashi Timur, is resting near the Udahai with 10,000 left-behind troops and more than 100,000 troops.

Xu Heng hopes to give time for the two teams of Warat to converge and catch them all. If he attacks immediately, Timur's men and horses will definitely run away with his troops when they see that the situation is not good.

It's a pity that Yexian's eldest son and second son have always been at odds, and Xu Heng waited for three days and didn't wait for Ashi Timur.

Today is the fourth day, Xu Heng has to wait a little longer, but the emperor's letter urging the army to return to the division has arrived.

This time, the emperor used a letter, not an edict, but informed Xu Heng of the battle situation in Shanxi and the emperor's opinion, as for how Xu Heng decided, Zhu Qiyu did not interfere.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and Zhu Qiyu fully respects the decision-making power of the generals in the front, and only gives advice and does not give orders.

Xu Heng saw that it was impossible to wipe out Huo'er Huda and Ah Lost Timur, so he chose to accept it when he saw it, and ordered the army to attack in formation.

As soon as the war began, there was no suspense in the outcome.

Under the attack of 80,000 brave cavalry, 5,000 elite soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, and 100,000 auxiliary soldiers with firearms and bed crossbows, the 30,000 second-rate cavalry of Wara could not last two hours at all.

In order to earn more military merits to stabilize his marquis, Fan Guang took the lead and forged ahead, taking the lead in breaking through the enemy formation, and finally led the Shenji battalion to behead thousands and capture Huo'er Huda.

The Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Yingzhou Guard, and Shen Ce Guard, all relied on the cover of the auxiliary soldiers' firearms and bed crossbows, and followed Fan Guang to advance steadily, until the army left behind in Wara completely collapsed, and then launched a full-scale pursuit.

Although the main combat force of this Ming army was composed of two battalions and two guards, and they were not subordinate to each other, several main generals were also very sophisticated, and gave Fan Guang the opportunity to break through the enemy formation and capture the prince alive.

The titles of Xu Heng, Wang Tong, Xu Ying, Xu Tong, Gu Zhong, Liu Chang and others have already been given, so they are not in a hurry, and they are happy to let go.

As for the two armies of Tokhtarbuhua and Arazhiin, they don't care about these at all. The two of them have seen Yexian's face for so many years, and they have long been completely fed up, and now they are naturally revenged, and revenge is avenged.

Before the sun set, the war was over.

Xu Heng sat quietly in the big tent of the Chinese army, waiting for the generals to report the results of the battle.

Fan Guang held Huo'er and the others finally arrived, and as soon as they entered the big tent, they thanked everyone one by one.

The atmosphere in the tent was also quite warm, except for several generals who were close to the emperor, that is, He Yi and Huang Pu, who were counselors in military affairs; and the four confidants and eunuchs sent by the emperor to mix qualifications: Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin.

These people in the tent, although they are civil, military, and eunuchs, are all going to soar after returning to Beijing.

In the future, everyone will be dignitaries in the court, and they will not see each other when they bow their heads, so now they get along with each other in a harmonious manner, which is completely opposite to the situation where a bunch of people in Shi Heng's army say their own things.

He Yi smiled at Fan Guang and said, "Champion Hou, who are these people you are holding?" We know this eldest son, but what's the matter with this woman? ”

Fan Guang said with a smile: "Brother Xingyi, don't laugh at me, how can the ministers of the court agree to let me be the champion."

However, this woman is not small, she is also the wife of the first Mi Hatun, and she is also the mother who suddenly answered Huo'er.

There was another captive, Amasanchi, the third son of Yasen. ”

He Yi exclaimed when he heard this: "It's amazing, the Metropolitan Governor actually captured Yexian's wife and two sons in one go, it's a bit too much to say that he won't be a marquis." ”

Fan Guang gave his hand again and again: "Thanks to the saint's wisdom and skill, strategizing, and loving you, brother, I remember it in my heart and am grateful." ”

Xu Heng smiled on the side: "Okay, okay, everyone is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, so there is no need to be so polite." It's better to send a military report quickly, so that Your Majesty's pressure can be reduced a little. ”

Fan Guang asked: "Xing'an Hou, do we still want to annihilate the second son of Yexian, Ashi Timur?" ”

Xu Heng waved his hand: "Forget it, let him go, we have more important things to do, the emperor has already urged us to go back to the division to encircle and annihilate the main force of Warat."

Tian Cewei and Yingzhou Zuowei were responsible for leading 60,000 auxiliary soldiers to escort the captured Warat troops to Yulin, and there would be Shaanxi border troops to meet them on the way. What about more than 100,000 people in these subordinates, temporarily confined in Yulin, how to deal with it in the future, waiting for His Majesty's edict to act.

The Xiao Cavalry Battalion, the Yingzhou Left Guard, and the Shenji Battalion led 40,000 auxiliary soldiers to rush to the Xuanfu battlefield under the stars, hoping that we could catch up. ”

And they received the commandment, and went to their own work.

The next day, November 21, it was still overcast and the wind was still howling.

Zhu Qiyu got up early and came to the West Flower Hall to summarize the military report with the ministers.

The military report of the main force of the Ming army could not arrive for a while, and the military report of the Xuanfu became the top priority of the monarch's attention.

As for the military report in Datong, Zhu Qiyu didn't care much.

In the direction of Datong, there are now quite a lot of the emperor's cronies, such as Wang Zhi, the official department, Yang Shan, the right deputy capital, Yang Shan, Guangningbo, Liu An, the eunuch Jin Ying, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the East Factory, and the eunuch Liu Yongcheng.

Coupled with Shi Heng, Sun Bo and Cheng Jing swaying from side to side, Zhu Qiyu himself was also very curious about whether these people could rescue the Emperor Taishang.

Not to mention, objectively speaking, Zhu Qiyu believes that the possibility of success is really not small.

(End of chapter)