Murong Danyan didn't have any interest in these battle formations, and flattened his mouth and said: "No matter how powerful he is, what's the use, in the end, he hasn't been beaten to the ground and fled far away from the desert?"

Li Qiufeng said: "You can't say that. This expanded Timur is indeed a famous general who is worthy of our admiration. ”

Murong Danyan said: "Our famous generals of the Ming Dynasty are no worse than him! When I was at home, I often heard others talk about the prestige of General Xu Da and General Chang Yuchun. ”

Zhu Sanjia sighed and said, "Becoming a king and defeating a king has been like this since ancient times. I don't know how many famous generals have been forgotten by the world just because they died and the country was destroyed. After Emperor Taizu drove Meng Yuan out of the Central Plains, he heard that the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and Timur were meeting in Helin, and the monarchs and ministers gave up their previous suspicions and reconciled in order to restore the great cause of the Yuan Dynasty. The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty took Timur as the right prime minister of the Chinese book and discussed the plan to restore the Great Yuan. Emperor Taizu has always regarded the expansion of Timur as a big trouble, the reason why the Northern Expedition was so smooth before, fortunately, the Yuan Dynasty Emperor and the expansion of Timur did not get along, so that the Ming Army's Northern Expedition army directly took the capital. Emperor Taizu and Liu Bowen and other advisers discussed: 'Wang Baobao is cunning and snipe, so that if he is here, he will eventually be ruined, it is better to take it and clear the desert forever'. After the monarch and ministers made a big plan, in the fifth year of Hongwu, they decided to launch another large-scale northern expedition. The elite of the 150,000 Ming army was divided into three routes, and the middle route army was personally commanded by the general Xu Da, and went straight to Helin from Yanmen to directly attack the royal court of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. Li Wenzhong, the left deputy general of the East Road, went from Juyong Pass to Yingchang, and then went straight to the Tula River and attacked Helin from the northwest. Feng Sheng, the general of the Western Expedition to the West, took Gansu from Jinlan, thinking that he was a suspicious soldier, so that the Yuan army could not understand the true purpose of the army. At that time, except for the general Chang Yuchun, who had died of a violent illness a few years ago, all the living Ming founding generals participated in this battle.

"A year before the army was dispatched, Lord Liu Bowen was sincere, and when he was leaving, he had a secret discussion with Emperor Taizu. At that time, Lord Liu left two sentences for Emperor Taizu, one of which was: Although Fengyang is the emperor's hometown, it is not the capital of the city. The second is: Wang Baobao is not light. Although Emperor Taizu has always been quite jealous of Wang Baobao, it is only in the fifth year of Hongwu that Meng Yuan has been driven to Mobei, and the Ming Dynasty is the time when the soldiers are full of food......"

Murong Danyan said: "Why did another Wang Baobao pop up, didn't he say what Temur?"

Li Qiufeng said on the side: "Kuangku Timur is his real name, and he also took a Han name, which is called Wang Baobao. ”

Zhu Sanjia patted his head and said with a smile: "I forgot to explain this." However, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, some people did say that Timur was a Han Chinese, but he himself resolutely refused to admit it. This person is so tough that he can't hide his origins. ”

Li Qiufeng was silent on the side, and thought to himself: "The more this Brother Zhu talks, the more bizarre it becomes, it was just a trivial matter, but it brought out Timur again." However, as soon as this person talked about the battle formation, his eyebrows fluttered, and his speech was not as rude and informative as before. It seems that he is indeed from a general's family, and he is very familiar with the war books and battle strategies, otherwise how can he explain these battles so clearly?"

At this time, the ground of the stone cave became steeper and steeper, and the three of them cautiously groped their way forward, and the speed of their walking naturally slowed down. But I heard Zhu Sanjia continue: Emperor Taizu ordered the Northern Expedition this time, and he somewhat underestimated the enemy, thinking that Timur was already poor and couldn't make any big waves. What's more, the elite of the Ming Dynasty was exhausted, so he naturally wanted to finish his work in one battle, so he didn't take Lord Liu's parting words to heart.

After receiving the secret report of the Ming army's large-scale northern expedition, Timur used the strategy of luring the enemy into depth. After the vanguard of the Middle Route Army under the command of the general Xu Da, Lan Yu, came out of Yanmen, met the Yuan army at Yemachuan, chased him to the chaotic mountain, and won a small victory. Then he went to the Tula River and met the soldiers and horses commanded by Timur himself. Lan Yu was overjoyed, and wanted to capture and kill Timur, so he immediately ordered the whole army to attack. After the feint of defeat, Timur fled and personally led a small force to fight and retreat, attracting the main force of the Ming army all the way to Horin. When Xu Da heard that Lan Yu had found the main force of the Yuan army under the personal command of Timur himself, he was overjoyed and ordered the Ming army to attack with all his might. At this time, the general He Zongzhe under Timur led the main force to wait for work in Helin, and after Timur retreated to Helin, he joined He Zongzhe, lured the Ming army into the encirclement, and defeated the Ming army in a battle. In this battle, more than 30,000 people were killed in the elite of our Ming Dynasty, and General Xu had to retreat in shock. Li Wenzhong's division of the Eastern Route Army made smooth progress at first, chasing the Mengyuan army all the way to the Yuqu River, defeating Harazhang and other Yuan generals at the Tula River, and attacking as far as Chenghai on the bank of the Laluhun River. Li Wenzhong reluctantly retreated and suffered heavy losses. Among the three route armies, only Feng Shengbu of the Western Route Army won the victory, but this victory was far inferior to the losses of the Middle Route Army and the East Route Army.

"The Great Battle of Helin has dampened the spirit of my Ming army, and it has never suffered such a defeat since Emperor Taizu raised his army, and it can even be said that it has preserved the lifeblood of the Northern Yuan. After this battle, Emperor Taizu remembered what Lord Liu said, 'Wang Baobao is not light', and knew that it was almost impossible to annihilate Timur in one fell swoop. Since the Great War of Helin, there has never been a Northern Expedition of such a scale in our Ming army. It was not until Timur died of illness that King Yan was the commander, and in fact, it was commanded by the general Lan Yu, who gathered and annihilated the main force of the Northern Yuan in the battle of the Sea of Fish, completely removing the threat of the Northern Yuan. ”

When he said this, he suddenly remembered something, turned his head and smiled at Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan, and said, "I can say this far away, how can I talk about the deeds of Timur?"

Li Qiufeng said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, although you are no longer serving in the military camp, just looking at the demeanor of the eldest brother, it is clear that you are still a military general leading the troops." Among the military generals, who did not have respect for such generals as Kuangku Timur? That is, Emperor Taizu also praised Kuangku Timur. When I was on an errand in the imperial court, I heard the governor talk about the past. Emperor Taizu once met the generals and asked: 'Who is a strange man in the world?' The generals all said: "There are no more than 10,000 people in the spring, and they are invincible, what a strange man." Ming Taizu smiled and said: "Although Yuchun is a brilliant person, I have to submit to it." I can't protect the king, and his people are strange men. 'I think that the general who often meets the spring is the second only to the general Xu Da among the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Taizu admired Timur so much, how can we avoid vulgarity?"

When Zhu Sanjia heard Li Qiufeng say this, he really felt that he hated seeing each other, and said loudly: "Li Gongzi, your words can be said in my old Zhu's heart." Although this Kuangku Timur is the enemy of our Ming Dynasty, he is indeed a great hero from the perspective of the general!"

Li Qiufeng said: "The army led by the ancestors of the Sha family was sandwiched between the Ming army and the Tartar soldiers, what happened?"

Zhu Sanjia smiled: "I was just about to say it." The letter thought of Timur's good use of the strategy of luring the enemy, because although he was determined to lead his troops out of the fortress, he was also cautious every step. After advancing only a few miles a day, they set up camp and put them on strict guard. At the same time, scouts went out to find out the movements of the enemy army.

"When the Tartar soldiers were preparing to gather to annihilate the Yan Palace's defense of the pro-army, the scouts of the Ming army had detected that 4,000 Tartar cavalry were advancing from north to south, and were about to join the small group of Tartar soldiers who had been plundering everywhere before. Except for these 4,000 cavalry, there was no trace of the Tartar soldiers within nearly 100 miles to the left. Zhang Xin listened to the secret report and judged that these 4,000 cavalry were the main force of the Tartar soldiers, because the small group of Tartar soldiers who were used as bait plundered for two or three months, and the Ming army did not appear. It was the commander of the Tartar soldiers who thought that the Ming army was unable to advance north, so he led the main force to appear, wanting to plunder and then retreat to Mobei. Zhang Xin thought that this was a great opportunity to gather and annihilate the main force of the Tartar soldiers, so he led the main force of the Ming army to march quickly, and rushed to the battlefield just when the Tartars were about to retreat.

At that time, the Tartar soldiers on the battlefield and the main force of the Ming army regarded the Yanwangfu as a bait cast by the other party. It's just that the Tartar soldiers suffered a big loss and didn't want to fight anymore, seeing that the follow-up troops of the Ming army rushed to the battlefield, they were ready to withdraw their troops. When the main force of the Ming army first arrived on the battlefield, the fighting spirit was in full swing, and they immediately launched an attack. At that time, the Ming army was not as pustud as it is now, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, and attacking and fighting successfully. At that time, the Yan Wangfu guarded the pro-army troops and the Tartar soldiers fought fiercely for a long time, and it was seven out of ten, and when they saw the Ming army suddenly appear, they were all very excited, thinking that the soldiers and horses of the King of Yan came to respond. Just when they were rejoicing, the Ming army suddenly opened their bows and arrows, and these people were all defenseless, and they were shot to death one by one on the spot.

"The ancestor of the Sha family was also hit by three arrows, but fortunately he dodged in time, and none of these three arrows hit the vital point, so he hurriedly lay on the ground to avoid the rain of arrows. My ancestor had a great life, and he was resting at that time, when the feathered arrow had already flown from the sky, and the mount was instantly shot like a hedgehog, and fell down and pressed on the ancestor.

"When the Tartar soldiers saw the sudden attack of the Ming army, they even killed the bait they had sent, and they were so frightened that they were about to retreat, when the Ming cavalry had begun a full-scale attack. That letter was indeed a general, and before the army arrived at the battlefield, it had sent a light cavalry force of more than 1,000 people, and made a circle from afar, cutting off the retreat of the Tartar soldiers. At this time, the main force of the Ming army attacked from the front, and the light cavalry troops covered up from behind the Tartar soldiers. The leader of the Tartar soldiers only said that he had been deceived by the decoy troops of the Ming army, and had fallen into a heavy siege, where did he dare to engage in battle, leaving behind the more than 4,000 Tartar soldiers, and brought more than ten personal soldiers to fight desperately out of the encirclement and fled straight to the depths of the desert.

"There was chaos on the battlefield. The ancestors of my family looked for an opportunity to drag the ancestors of the Sha family out of the pile of dead people. The ancestors of the Sha family judged from the banner that this Ming army was definitely not the soldiers and horses of the Yan Wangfu, and they were shocked for a while. It's just that he knows that if the commander of the Ming army discovers that the guards of the Yan Palace's pro-army pretend to be Tartar soldiers and rob the border people, it can be said that there will be endless troubles. He saw that most of the more than 300 soldiers under his command had been killed in battle, and the remaining dozens were all wounded, lying in the pile of corpses and groaning. The ancestor of my family is one of the henchmen of the ancestor of the Sha family, and the ancestor of the Sha family ordered him to change into the clothes of the Ming soldiers, and the two took advantage of the chaos around them to kill all the injured guards of the Yanwang Mansion one by one, in case the Ming army found out that these Tartar soldiers were the guards of the Yanwang Mansion pretending to be ......."

When Zhu Sanjia said this, Li Qiufeng's heart sank, and he secretly thought that the ancestors of the Sha family were decisive, although they were a little vicious, but at that time, if they wanted to protect the Yan Wangfu, there was indeed no other way. Murong Danyan exclaimed in surprise, and said in a trembling voice: "This, this is too much, right?!"

(End of chapter)