200. Relieve the siege of Ningxia

Du Buyi led the cavalry, rushed down the mountain, and met the Tatar soldiers, and began a fight.

Because Du did not forget to bring these cavalrymen with the intention of death, the Tatars who began to fight were killed and wounded, but there were too many Tatar soldiers and horses, and everyone began to gradually become powerless.

Immediately afterwards, many cavalrymen began to die one after another under the broadswords of the Tatar soldiers, and Du did not forget that he struggled to save everyone, but he was also powerless.

In the end, with less than 100 remaining cavalry, they were tightly surrounded by thousands of Tatar soldiers in the open space at the foot of the mountain.

I only heard this Tatar general say to Du Forget:

"Boy, I think your martial arts are very good, but unfortunately you are unlucky, you met me and my thousands of brothers, if you kneel to me now, I can spare your life, otherwise we will have to kill!"

Du didn't forget to spit on the ground, and then replied:

"How is it possible to kneel down to you, even if we die today, we will die here!"

Then he clenched his sword and ordered his brother, who was still alive behind him, to prepare for a final fight to the death.

At this time, I suddenly found countless fires rushing over in the distance, only to hear a voice not far away:

"General, we're late!"

When the person in charge got closer, wasn't this Hu Hu coming with countless Ming troops?

When Du and the cavalry saw that help was coming, they immediately rose up to kill these Tatar soldiers.

The Ming army brought by Hu Hu actually had tens of thousands of troops, these Tatars were originally only a thousand people, and they were all surrounded by the Ming army in an instant.

Du Bu Bu talked with Hu Hu and learned that Hu Hu heard that he wanted to recapture the Hetao this time, so he led his troops to come over to help, but when he arrived in Yulin, he learned that Du Bu Bu had personally gone to the Hetao to inspect.

Hu Hu led people all the way to the land of the Nine Plains, only to find that Du Bucheng and several people were in a decisive battle with the Tatar soldiers and were surrounded, so he hurried over to support.

After listening to this, Du did not forget to press these Tatar soldiers with Hu Hu first, and temporarily returned to Yulin to deal with this group of Tatar soldiers.

Du did not forget that he had learned a lesson at this time, and no longer went out of the border wall alone to inspect the Hetao, but temporarily lived in Yulinwei, and asked Hu Hu to go back to Datong and Shuozhou, which he guarded, and then he specialized in studying how to retake the Hetao.

It didn't take long for the emperor to have a decree and reward Du Bucheng with a lot of military salaries, and the thousands of captured Tatar soldiers and war horses were also disposed of by Du Bucheng himself.

After Wawu'er arrived with tens of thousands of cavalry, he found that the duck in his hand had run away, and he had lost thousands of cavalry and war horses under his command, so he was furious, so he entangled the five tigers together, and took more than 100,000 horses and horses, intending to break through from Helan Mountain and plunder Ningxia Mansion to retaliate.

Du did not forget that he had also heard the news, so he didn't have time to eat lunch, so he hurriedly went out and first selected 8,000 defenders in Yulin, plus more than 2,000 Tatar soldiers who surrendered last time, a total of more than 10,000 people, and rushed to Ningxia Mansion first.

Halfway through, he naturally sent people to inform the defenders of Xi'an and Fengxiang to go to Ningxia Mansion to support.

When they arrived at Ningxia Mansion, they had found that there were many crises at this time, and the Tatar soldiers had formed a three-sided siege on the entire Ningxia Mansion along the Yellow River and Helan Mountain, and several important passes in Helan Mountain had been lost, and the Tatar soldiers were in danger of besieging the city at any time.

After Du did not forget to arrive in Ningxia City, he found that there were no more than 10,000 soldiers in the city, and many soldiers stationed in the surrounding guards had escaped, and all the remaining soldiers around him were less than 30,000 or so, and there were more than 50,000 people he brought, where could he compete with the Tatar cavalry of more than 100,000!

Then he asked about the grain and grass, which was also very scarce, but for a few days, the reinforcements were still in Fengxiang and Xi'an and did not set off, Du did not forget to have to recruit Ningxia Governor Zhai Peng and the commander of the capital to reprimand Ma Su, and then ordered them to inspect the army for defense, and then ordered people to urge the reinforcements of the two places.

At this time, two letters came from the imperial court, one was written by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi himself, only to see that it was written:

"The eldest brother is working hard outside, and the younger brother is not at ease in the capital, so I have taken my sister-in-law Xi Siqi and a group of your women to the capital to stay, and I hope that the eldest brother will rest assured to defend the Tatars in the northwest, and the younger brother Zhu Houxi!"

Du did not forget to finish reading, clenched his fists and pounded the table and said:

"Second brother, you are really good to the eldest brother!"

Then I looked at the second letter, and saw that it was written by the Ministry of War, so that I must guard Ningxia Mansion, and if I lose it, I will be fully responsible.

Du did not forget to smile again and said:

"You people all regard me as a god, give me this mess, and let me carry this black cauldron, Lao Tzu will quit!"

Directly kicked the table over, and walked out alone.

At this time, the garrison general and the prefect of Ningxia Mansion saw that the general Du Bu was angry, so they came to dissuade him, but Du Bu Bu pushed him away, and maybe they followed, and then ran out of the city alone, and came to a forest to sit under the tree and sit quietly.

But I didn't expect to hear a burst of elegant piano body, after all, it is indeed rare to hear the sound of the piano in this northern place.

Du didn't forget to listen to the sound of the piano and unconsciously remembered Feng Niang, after all, the best sound he had ever heard was Feng Niang's.

After a while, the sound of the piano changed from elegance to noise, and after a while it became calmer, and then the sound stopped, and silence returned to the surroundings.

Du Bu Bu stood up, wanting to find the person who played the piano just now, when a girl walked towards Du Bu Mou, Du Bu Bu looked, isn't this Xiao Jiao?

So he hurriedly walked forward and asked:

"Xiaojiao, I haven't seen you for many years, but I didn't expect you to mature a lot!"

At this time, Xiaojiao smiled shyly at Du and said:

"Du Gongzi, I didn't expect that after so many years, you have become a general and a prince. ”

Then he invited Du Buyi to sit down at a tree house not far away, and then poured a cup of tea for Du Buyi, and then the two chatted.

It turned out that after Xiaojiao left Fengniang, she went to the border town area alone, wanting to find her brother who was in the army, but she happened to meet the Tatar soldiers who came to plunder, Xiaojiao was looted, and now she is a favorite concubine of the little prince Khan, that is, Buchi Khan.

After listening to this, Du did not forget to ask Xiaojiao:

"Are you here to persuade me to surrender on behalf of the little prince Khan?"

Xiaojiao replied:

"Yes or no?"

Du did not forget to ask:

"Why?"

Xiaojiao told another story.

It turned out that the little prince Buchi Khan was only the nominal leader of the Tatar Ministry at this time, and his power was all in the hands of his two cousins, Ji Nang and Ida, and the Five Tigers were naturally under the orders of the two.

Du did not forget to ask again:

"The people who plundered our Ming border several times are this Ji Nang and I?"

Xiaojiao replied:

"Yes!"

Then he continued:

"So I came to you secretly this time, I want you to do us a favor, and it can be regarded as helping Daming solve this Ningxia Mansion crisis!"

Du did not forget to ask:

"What do I do?"

Xiao Jiao said again:

"Although this Ji Nang and I Tan are brothers, but they are not the same, each has their own thoughts, they cooperate together to attack Ningxia Mansion this time, in fact, I Tan is at a loss, because the land around Ningxia Mansion belongs to Ji Nang, if they occupy it, I will not get any benefits!"

Then he slowed down and continued:

"So I hope that Lord Du, you will immediately send people to Datong to send troops to feign attack the camp tent of Alta, I will be so frightened that I will immediately order people to retreat, and as soon as I retreat, Ji Nang will not be able to fight!"

Du Yi clapped his hands and said:

"Xiaojiao, you are really my lucky star, I will immediately go and ask someone to send a letter to my brother Hu Hu in Datong, and order him to go out of the fortress to feint!"

Then he thought about it and asked:

"But I'm going to let people go over there to report the news, and it will take a few days to get a fast horse, and if they continue to attack in these days, our Ningxia Mansion may have fallen. ”

Xiao Jiao smiled slightly and said:

"Lord Du, you don't have to worry about this, I will go back now with my husband Jun Bu Chi Khan and let them postpone the attack for a few days!"

Du did not forget to ask:

"Is Buchi Khan here too?"

Xiaojiao replied:

"Of course, this time my husband Bu Chi Khan was forcibly invited by Ji Nang and I Da together, my husband just knew that they didn't agree, and just heard that I knew you, so I asked me to come to see you quietly!"

Then Du did not forget to ask again:

"Your husband doesn't want any of the two of them to be too strong, right?"

Xiaojiao replied:

"Yes, if one of them is strong, my husband will be in danger!"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Okay, thank you Xiaojiao, then I'll go back and order someone to deliver the letter now!"

Then Du Buyi said goodbye to Xiaojiao, and rushed back to the governor's yamen in the city.

Unexpectedly, in the past few days, the Tatar soldiers really stopped attacking, and the messenger of Du Forgetfulness has also been delivered to Datong Huhu.

Hu Hu was already very worried about the siege of Ningxia Mansion, and when he received this letter, he was overjoyed, so he hurriedly gathered most of the soldiers and horses in several nearby towns, and rushed over the side wall to the camp tent of Alda.

When he heard that the Ming army had gone out to attack him, but the Ningxia Prefecture had made no progress, he immediately sent people to recruit the Five Tigers and his subordinates to retreat to rescue him.

As a result, when Ji Nang Khan was in high spirits, recuperated for a few days, and planned to capture Ningxia Mansion in one fell swoop, he found that all the soldiers and horses of Alta had begun to retreat, and he was angry to stop it, but the news he got was that the garrison of Altan was dangerous, and these subordinates of Alta were all back to rescue.

He ordered his subordinates to raid and plunder the nearby places outside Ningxia City at will, and then left.

Du Bu Bu was prepared for a long time, knowing that Ji Nang would not return empty-handed, so he tried his best to let the nearby residents move into the city, at least reducing some losses.

And when Ji Nang retreated, the rescue soldiers and horses of Xi'an and Fengxiang arrived, and Du did not forget to recruit the main generals of the two places, and on the grounds of poor rescue, they directly hit forty boards each, and then wrote to the court to punish the crime.

After the siege of Ningxia Mansion was lifted, Du did not forget that the Tatar soldiers would not come to loot so soon, so he immediately ordered people to rebuild the border wall, and then reorganize the entire northwest frontier affairs, and then try to restore the Hetao in the future.