Chapter Forty-Five: Kou Can Go, I Can Go Too!

Qin Hong is a veteran soldier for many years, and the trilateral soldiers who have been blessed by Sun Zheng have been turned upside down in combat power, and they cannot be compared. The generals under the account are also full of confidence and actively seek to fight.

Long before Sun Zheng went to Huamachi to set a trap, Qin Hong had already ordered Zhu Ding and others to lead the army to the front line and replenish the forts along the side wall.

As expected, the fire sieve department chose Huamachi as a breakthrough, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were dispatched, and it was impossible to cover the news. In the past, the Ming army could avoid it, so that these bandits were like no one.

But this time was different. There is a trap set by Sun Zheng on the front, and below Qin Hong, all the generals on the three sides do not feel that the fire screen will be lucky.

10,000 new troops against 30,000 Mongol bandits, there is no difficulty. Therefore, what Qin Hong and they are thinking about is how to prevent the fire sieve from escaping again after failure, if they can't be captured in one fell swoop this time, let this old thief escape back to the old nest, and it will inevitably come back in the future.

In line with this operational idea, Zhu Ding boldly led his team to take the initiative after obtaining information.

In this attack, Zhu Ding led 5,000 cavalry, up and down with one heart, full of fighting spirit, and he was confident that he would fight hard with the fire sieve in the field.

Shortly after he slept that night, the sentinels caught a few lost Tatar soldiers. Catch the first trial, good guy, the operation of the new army is as fierce as a tiger, the fire screen has not yet gained a stable foothold, and the camp has been bombed!

He also considered whether this was a trap for the fire screen, and dealt with it cautiously and cautiously, and while the whole battalion was on guard, he sent a small group of elites to reconnoitre.

As a result, a lot of headless Tatar soldiers were caught in one night, and the situation became clearer and clearer, it was indeed the fire sieve army that was broken down with one punch, and now was the most chaotic time.

Zhu Ding immediately made a decision, personally led half of the men and horses, galloped wildly for dozens of miles, and then hooked back and forth, firmly blocked the northbound passage, opened the big net, and waited for the fish to come.

Spread the net and went around, leaving Zhu Dingxi tooth and eye blind. I have been in the army for more than ten years, and I have never been so happy as tonight.

The defeat fled to him, almost the limit. As a result, when I saw that this was still an encirclement, my first reaction must have been that people had already prepared, so they had to surrender obediently.

When it was almost dawn, the biggest surprise hit the net.

It turned out that when the fire screen was pursued by Yingke, I don't know which one fired a shot, and it hit the back of the heart. If it weren't for the distance and the protection of the golden armor, that shot would have killed you.

Rao is like this, and the fire sieve was also vomited blood and wilted by that shot. Later, a group of generals were frightened, and they had been firmly supporting, just wanting to return to the Hetao station as soon as possible, and then plan for the future after resting.

Who would have thought that after escaping all night, it turned out to be a headlong run into the encirclement. At this time, if you want to turn around again, you have to ask the horse if he can run.

Zhu Ding waited for work, easily caught a big fish, and smiled like a trumpet flower.

I heard from the captives that there were pursuers behind them, and they must be the new army of the prison lords. Brought a few pro-soldiers, and rushed over to contact feelings.

Welcoming guests to listen to the whole process, depressed and vomiting blood. They finished all the preliminary work, but in the end, the fruit ran into Zhu Ding's mouth!

After resting for a long time, I ate a thank you meal from Zhu Ding, and welcomed the team back to Huamachi, without the joy of the big victory.

At this time, the Huamachi station was full of laughter. Not to mention the threat of a fire sieve attack, the prisoners and cattle captured that night made the new army breathe a sigh of relief. It didn't matter if a shot wasn't fired, there were no casualties, not even bullets were wasted. It's also a good thing!

When Sun Zheng learned that the fire sieve fell into Zhu Ding's hands, he couldn't cry or laugh.

Then a round table was held and a sharp criticism was given.

Who is not as good as the sky? This is clearly a confidant who doesn't know the other! The erroneous overestimation of the enemy's strength made the surprise feint made by Yingke directly turn into a strong attack. To put it simply, it's too much force!

The pre-war plan was decided by everyone through discussion, and the welcome was only responsible for the execution. Moreover, when Yingke found that the fire sieve department had collapsed, he attacked and killed in time, and he had achieved the ultimate in the battlefield of a general! So, it's not just about welcoming guests, it's about everyone!

If it weren't for Zhu Ding's divine stroke, so many people, and so many preparations, it would have been wasted. If you let the fire sieve escape back to the lair, with the habits of the Tatars, it will take a lot of effort to catch him in the future!

The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 100 years, and there have been several Northern Expeditions, why has it never been able to effectively eliminate the remnant Yuan forces? It's not that you can't beat it, it's that you can't catch it!

With this experience, you will have to think more about facing the Mongols in the future!

Toothless took the opportunity to propose that with more than 20,000 war horses captured this time, could it be possible to form a full cavalry?

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said back then, Kou can go, I can also go! Even if we don't use cavalry to fight, at least the cavalry infantry, the transfer is faster.

This kind of demand, of course, must be adopted. In the past, even if you had money, you couldn't buy so many horses, otherwise you would have been a full cavalry.

Taking advantage of the fire and sifting department, the halberd was broken in Huamachi, and it was just right to use these captives to build a road, and then arrest the production of the salt pond.

With such a good natural advantage, it is a joke that the supply of salt for the soldiers on the three sides is insufficient!

The battle lasted only one night, but it took five or six days to capture the prisoners. It took more than half a month to escort and resettle.

According to later statistics, more than 2,000 enemies were killed and 23,000 were captured in this battle. Among them, Zhu Dingbu caught more than 8,000, including more than 20 high-ranking Tatar officials below the fire sieve.

More than 800 captives were rescued, all of whom were craftsmen who accompanied the fire screening army, and most of their families were still in the grasslands of the Hetao and even further north.

More than 50,000 horses, more than 100,000 cattle, sheep and other livestock were seized.

Sun Zheng selected thousands of young and strong Tatars, personally coordinated and guided, and spent half a month to open up more than 100 caves and build more than 1,000 houses and warehouses.

At the same time, tens of thousands of acres of salt pans were sorted out, and the salt drying process was successfully streamlined to achieve mass production.

According to rough estimates, the monthly output can easily exceed 1,000 tons, and even if it can only be produced for seven months a year, it is enough for the military and civilians of the three sides.

At the beginning of October, the wind began to roll up in the north, the temperature dropped, and the salt production in the pond was suspended, entering the winter break.

Sun Zheng handed over the salt pond to local officials and escorted the captives back to Xiaohewan. After the toothless, black-faced, and welcoming guests and others were repaired, all the staff rode north out of the Hetao, and they wanted to take advantage of the fire to be captured and clean up the Hetao area.

In the great victory in mid-September, under the tacit understanding of Qin Hong and Sun Zheng, when he reported the victory to the imperial court, he only said that the night sneak attack on the fire sieve camp was successful, and the enemy army was scattered in chaos, with more than 3,000 dead and wounded.

He commanded Zhu Ding in the chaotic army and captured more than 20 high-ranking Tatar officials below the fire screen. 800 border residents were rescued, and more than 10,000 cattle, sheep and other livestock were seized.

As for the captives, not a word is mentioned. It was as if all the Tatars had fled, except for the three thousand who had died in battle.

It's all good labor, building a road, opening a mine, pulling a car, you can do anything, as long as you take care of the food, and you don't need to use labor, it's a million profits.

Cheng Minzheng was born in an orthodox Confucian background, and when he found that the border army used prisoners as coolies, he inevitably persuaded a few words.

Then Qin Hong calculated an account for him, and Master Cheng immediately had an epiphany, this kind of robber who refuses to graze well and only loves to rob must be completely transformed!

Huo Sieve and others were escorted to Beijing to offer prisoners, and the government and the opposition were shaken. The fire screen that had harassed the three sides for decades was captured alive by Qin Hong!

This news not only shocked the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, but also the little prince Dayan Khan. finally unified the Mongolian tribes, and planned to go south to make a big vote, but the old hand sieve was planted outside the city wall?! Really?

Frightened, the original attack plan was delayed for a while, desperately collecting the fire sieve troops, trying to clarify the scene of the night.

The guys who escaped, where can they explain clearly. Some say that it is a thunderstorm, some say that it is a three-eyed gun, and some say that the Ming army has premeditated and laid a net around the side wall.

Sorting out the theory of the rout is becoming more and more inexplicable. It wasn't until the news that the fire sieve was escorted to Beijing and reprimanded by the emperor in the palace came, and the Mongols were convinced that the fire sieve was really planted.

In mid-October, the little prince led his troops to attack Xuanfu and Datong, broke more than ten villages in a row, killed more than 1,000 people under two guerrillas, and plundered the livestock of the border people.

Before Emperor Hongzhi could recover from the joy of catching the fire sieve alive, he was slapped hard. An order was issued to reprimand the governor of Xuanda, and the generals who missed the fighter plane were arrested and sent to Beijing to be questioned.

On the front line of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, because Qin Hong was in charge, the battle was decided, and there were more than 20,000 prisoners and tens of thousands of livestock, so don't be too moisturized this winter.

got the news that the little prince was harassing Xuanda, and Qin Hong was also very helpless. He had served a governor there and was familiar with the situation there. The news has been reported a long time ago, and it looks like this, which makes people speechless.

At the end of October, the horse returned. The little prince returned from Xuanda to the north, and did not return directly north to his Golden Horde Court, but waved his army across the Yellow River, appeared in the Hetao, and took the old city of Dongshengwei.

The old city of Dongshengwei was built by Xu Da and Li Wenzhong in the early Ming Dynasty, and the civil fort was abandoned after that, and the fire screen has been operated for more than ten years, becoming an important strategic base in his hands.

The little prince saw that the fire sieve was planted, and he wanted to pick up the belongings of the fire sieve!

But the little prince never dreamed that someone had already targeted him before he could sieve this bit of belongings in the Hetao.

Toothless and Blackface with six thousand musketeers on horseback, escorted by a thousand cavalry to welcome the guests, had been in the Hetao area for a month. In Sun Zheng's words, the Hetao will be under their control in the future.

It was learned that the little prince's army had crossed the Yellow River and set foot on his own territory. Toothless, black-faced, welcoming guests and others couldn't close their mouths when they smiled, they were originally just here to cuddle the grass, but they didn't expect to be able to really touch rabbits!

What else is there to be polite about this? Pan him!