Chapter 241: On Merit
When Ashige saw that the Ordos people had withdrawn, his heart was like ashes, and he only felt that this change was too fast!
He and his three masters, finally desperately hit the wall, occupied a space, and were about to immediately break the Great Wall, into Ningxia, how did he expect that the Hetao army was so fast, from Chonggang to reinforce Helan Mountain only took such a short time, the Ordos people behind him saw that the Hetao army was all racing to flee for their lives, leaving only their own lone army, how should it be? Ashige didn't have time to think about it, so he could only give an order in pain, and all the horses and horses immediately retreated, and the battle was over.
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After Zilong Shuai's Hetao army found the headquarters of the Dingguo Gong, he joined forces with the Dingguo Gong.
The reason why Ordos has been able to suppress Dingguo Gong in this battle is that Ordos and Ashige are both rangers and can provoke the Quartet.
Most of the Ming troops were infantry troops, and they could only be stationed along the military forts on the edge of the Great Wall.
The second is that there are a lot of masters in Ashige's department, after the Ordos army pressed the Duke of Dingguo, Ahige's attack on the Great Wall can be said to be unscrupulous, if it were not for King An to send Zhu Zhi to lead 3,000 guards in time to arrive, pay a heavy price to resist Ahige's attack, it is impossible to say that the Great Wall has been broken at this time, and Asig and Ordos have also driven straight in.
And when Zilong led the army to join the army of Dingguo Gong, he instantly made up for the shortcomings of Dingguo Gong.
One is that Zilong has 20,000 cavalry, and the combat effectiveness of the grassland rangers is not necessarily higher than that of the Ming cavalry, but it comes and goes like the wind, but it is almost equal to Ordos, so the Ordos people no longer dare to send troops to attack after withdrawing their troops.
Because Jiang Yunsong and others are now deserters, it is inconvenient for Zilong to appear in front of Dingguo Gong, so he let Wulangzi, who had successfully commanded the ox and horse gunpowder array and made great contributions, become the commander of this army, commanding 20,000 rangers, expanding the defensive area outside the Great Wall, and attacking when encountering the enemy who was guarding, which formed a considerable pressure on Ordos.
The second is the master of the Zilong Army! Not to mention a big master like Ren Bufan, even if it is a lot of people from the Heavenly King Sect who have taken refuge, they are all good at martial arts.
In order to show loyalty to Albus, Ashige also handsomely held the masters of the Heavenly King faction, and wanted to try to break through at a fixed point, but he was beaten by Ren Bufan, the three elders of the Beggar Gang, and the subordinates of Zilong led by the master of Wuxian who came from Ningxia.
The remaining four masters of the Heavenly King Sect, only Ahig led a few hundred subordinates, and fled back to the Ordos main formation in a panic, Albus saw that the once invincible Second Heavenly King finally had no minions, so he was relieved to let him be his eagle dog, not afraid that he would be disobedient.
Ordos's own base camp retreated again and again under the surprise attack of Zilong's army, and found that it was now unable to attack under the Great Wall, and at this time it was close to winter, and it was inconvenient to transport grain and grass, so he could only choose to withdraw his troops.
After more than a month of war between Dingguo Gong and Ordos, this Ordos withdrew, and he did not dare to be careless at all, and sent many sentries out of the customs to track, and finally confirmed that Ordos really returned to the north.
After the news of the retreat of Ordos and the victory of this battle spread to the whole army, the Ming army was full of joy, on the one hand, they were happy for the rest of the war, and they mourned for their dead comrades, but on the other hand, they expressed their expectations for the future meritorious deeds.
This battle was actually another big victory for the Ming army since the Battle of Hongyanchi.
Now the government and the opposition are shaking, and all eyes of the world are watching here.
The original undercurrent of the Beijing division was also quite sluggish during the war, and all factions were in full swing to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, just waiting for the slightest carelessness at the front line to immediately plug the leak.
At this moment, he has won! This is really a great victory! Dingguo Gong is also full of joy!
Since the beginning of the first generation of Dingguo Gong, he has not mastered much military power, and has always been a high official without power, so that all generations of Dingguo Gong feel ashamed of his ancestor King Zhongshan.
This time there was a provocation in Ningxia, but Xu Guangzuo, the acting prince of Dingguo, stepped forward and volunteered to come here.
Whether it is the courtier faction represented by Liu Jin, or the Wenchen faction represented by Li Dongyang, or the noble faction led by Cheng Guogong and British Duke, they are not very optimistic about Xu Guangzuo's trip.
But Xu Guangzuo won the battle this time, which made him feel quite proud in his heart.
I took advantage of this battle, but I am afraid that the Duke of Cheng Guo and the Duke of England will be impressed by him!
After announcing the victory over Ordos, after returning to Ningxia to congratulate the victory, Dingguo Gong and Min Yushi and Wei Bin discussed the reward for this victory in the big tent.
"Our family thinks that the first merit of this battle should be Chonggang's Yu guerrilla, if he hadn't blocked the Hetao rebels head-on, I'm afraid that the Great Wall would have been broken long ago!" Hearing that the merit ranking was to be discussed, Wei Bin was the first to jump out, and the guerrilla general he said about Chonggang was the border guard general of Zilong's Dapo Ashige.
Although this person was born as an officer and was quite brave in battle, he was woven into his command by Liu Jin early on, and served as a guerrilla general in Yansui.
This time, Wei Binshuai's 3,000 battalions went out with the army, and when he passed by Yansui to recruit people and horses, he thought of bringing this person's troops with him.
Later, in order to preserve his strength, he deliberately sent this to the guerrillas in Chonggang on the flank of the battlefield.
After Wei Bin heard this information, he regretted all his intestines, for fear that the guerrilla department would suffer too much damage in Chonggang, and it would be difficult to explain to Liu Jin when he went back.
Unexpectedly, King An saw that Chonggang's offensive was too urgent, so he sent Zhu Zhi to lead the army to reinforce, and then Zilong's army came to break Ahige, which turned Chonggang into safety, and Yu Guerrilla did not suffer much loss.
At this time, if he wants to make military merits, Wei Bin must fight for his own people, and although Yu Guerrilla was able to withstand it with the help of Zhu Zhi and Zilong, he is the nominal supreme commander of that battlefield after all, which is also a great credit.
It's just that when Wei Bin said this, Min Yushi was the first to take the lead in opposing it, only to hear him say: "Gonggong Wei's words are wrong! Although Yu Guerrilla fought bravely, he was not alone in that battle! If it weren't for King An's sage and ordering, King An's son to lead the army to reinforce, I'm afraid this Chonggang would have been broken long ago!"
"But holding Chonggang, after all, is also the first achievement! If this battle hadn't been withstood by Chonggang, I'm afraid that there would have been a mistake a long time ago, Min Yushi, this is undeniable, right?" Wei Bin retorted directly when he heard this.
"Hehe!" Min Yushi shook his head lightly and said, "Although Chonggang is also a great achievement, the credit is not all due to the guerrilla alone, so this battle cannot be the first contribution!"
"Then why did Min Yushi take the first credit?" Xu Guangzuo saw that the two were arguing over the first credit, and he frowned unconsciously as well.
Originally, according to his intentions, he also wanted to fight for the first credit, but the lineage of Dingguo Gong is not like Chengguo Gong and British Gong, it has been the same, and the Ming army is full of the old and old of the two Guogong.
Therefore, even if Xu Guangzuo wants to fight, he doesn't know who to fight for for a while! Now that he has won a big victory, his own credit naturally cannot be run, and the imperial court's reward for him is naturally not small.
But what Xu Guangzuo thinks more about is that he can still discover the materials that can be made in the army, cultivate them as the backbone of the Dingguo Gong lineage, and develop in the army in the future.
"Xia Guan thinks that the guerrilla attack on Xu Zilong in the Hetao that you asked Xu Guogong to seal should be the first credit!" Min Yushi said with a smile.
"Xu Zilong?" Wei Bin's face changed, and he flatly refused, "No! This kid has already removed all military positions before going north, but how can he count this battle?"
"Father-in-law Wei has forgotten the position of Hetao guerrilla that the three of us asked for him together?" Min Yushi smiled lightly and said proudly.
As soon as Xu Guangzuo heard Min Yushi's words, he suddenly reacted, this Min Yushi suddenly mentioned that Xu Zilong, obviously representing the civil official faction trying to win over this person!
Before King An proposed to ask Zilong for a seal, Xu Guangzuo also chatted with King An for a long time, Xu Zilong's origin and so on.
Xu Guangzuo knew a lot about Zilong! Originally, he was still thinking about who should be helped up from this battle, but when Min Yushi said this, he suddenly reacted.
Isn't this Xu Zilong a good target to be taken under his command?
Although he was born in King An's mansion before, the king of the Ming Dynasty did not have much political autonomy, although his position was high, but his authority was really pitiful, just because King An's fief was in the frontier, which was better.
Later, in order to save Ma Fengyue, Xu Zilong even relieved all his military positions and went north alone, in this way, it can be regarded as having come out of King An's mansion! In addition, the guerrilla general of Hetao that he is now serving as is led by himself, and Min Yushi and Wei Bin seconded it, so he asked for it to be sealed.
In this way, this Xu Zilong is almost his recommended protégé!
The only thing that is lacking now is Xu Zilong's own intention! I don't know if this person wants to return to King An's Mansion, or what? Anyway, no matter what, Xu Guangzuo secretly decided in his heart that he must touch the bottom of this person.
Wei Bin was also in a hurry when he heard what Min Yushi said, although he was not known for his resourcefulness among the Eight Tigers, but in the palace, mixing into his position was not something that could be mixed up by pure lack of heart.
Therefore, like Xu Guangzuo, he discovered the purpose of Min Yushi.
Originally, Xu Zilong belonged to the family of King An, and he had a lot of entanglements with Liu Jin, several times, and ruined Liu Jin's plan, Liu Jin must not tolerate him.
Now this civilian-official faction still wants to take advantage of this time to grasp the land of the Hetao, and the generals of tens of thousands of troops are in their pockets, how can this be.
Wei Bin immediately objected: "This Xu Zilong is not from a high background, so he can't be sealed too quickly! What's more, he was originally the commander of the security department of the Anwang Mansion, and he was also the garrison of Zhenqiang Fort, but now he has been sealed as a guerrilla in the Hetao, and his official promotion is too fast, which is not good! I think it's okay to forget it this time!"