Chapter 335: Will the incident at Tumubao happen again?

On the northwest side of Xuanfu Town, the most important pass is Zhangjiakou.

It is located at the intersection of the Taihang Mountains, the Yanshan Mountains and the Yinshan Mountains, and is the junction of the North China Plain and the Mongolian Plateau. Since the Beilu banditry on the night of the 21st, the place with the greatest pressure on the Xuanfu side has been Zhangjiakou.

But it was just pressure, and Xuanfu could withstand it.

Yutailing is located about sixty miles northwest of Zhangjiakou. It is surrounded by the Great Wall to the north and mountains to the east and west. There is a river in the southeast, flowing from the northwest to Zhangjiakou, and the area is wide. Two intersections lead to Zhangjiakou outside the Great Wall.

To the north is another strategic fortress west of Zhangjiakou.

The garrison stationed here is the New Hekou Fort garrison. They have big guns and a lot of ammunition. But at this moment, listening to the sound of horns one after another in the northwest, and looking at the endless sea of ​​black and gray cavalry, their expressions are serious.

Turns white.

"Damn! Hurry, report to Xuan Mansion!" The guard's voice was tired and frightened, "Coming from the northwest, there are so many people, it must be Anda's army! Report to Wang Dutai quickly, Anda's 20,000 troops have arrived at Yutailing.

Our Xinhekou Fort alone cannot withstand it! Quickly dispatch Wanquan left and right guards and Huai'an guards for reinforcements! No, there are also Datong Zhenlu guards and Tiancheng guards! I answer that the army is in Xuanfu, and Datong is guarding Yanghekou and killing Hukou.

!quick!"

He didn't need much urging. For the sake of his own life, the fast horse immediately ran wildly toward the southeast.

"Blast the drum! Beat the drum!" He ignored the fact that his voice had changed its tone, "We must hold on! Reinforcements are on the way!"

I was cursing Wang Xian in my heart: Damn it, since the lower west road and the south road are to be heavily guarded, why did you transfer yourself from the lower west road to the upper west road?

I had a good time staying at Huai'an Guard, but now? It's just that in the past few days, less than two thousand cavalry outside the border wall took turns riding past the border wall to shoot sharp arrows. Nearly my own soldiers have died in the battle.

Hundred!

Now, I'm answering the big banner has been vaguely visible, the enemy cavalry is adjusting their formation, and the charge is imminent.

Looking at the front line, his face became paler and paler: With less than 3,000 defenders here, or more precisely with the more than 400 remaining soldiers, how could he possibly be able to defend the Wanchai Jingqi?

Shock?

Two thousand miles along the border wall, enemies are encountered everywhere. Only in the hinterland are there some troops waiting for reinforcements. But after reporting the news, deploying troops, and arriving...

He once again scolded the Dog Emperor in his heart: Why is the emperor going on a personal expedition? The emperor is on his way to Xuan Mansion. Is he going to be the first general to abandon his defense? Even if he returns to the rear alive, he will probably die!

Because the emperor arrived at the Xuan Mansion, I am afraid that Wang Xian would not dare to easily dispatch the inevitable Wanquan right guard and Huai'an guard to the north for reinforcements!

Surrender? Surrender to your mother! I am appearing for the first time, how can I not establish my military power?

"...Kill with a thousand swords! Kill!"

To the north of him, Ida stood quietly on a high slope, looking at the generals who were already restless on their horses in front of him.

"let's start."

He waved his hand gently, and as the charge horn sounded next to him, this hand seemed to stir up a strong wind, and soon blew the cavalry in front of him into a huge black wave, heading straight towards the distant place.

I took a photo of the particularly steep side wall.

"boom!"

On the Great Wall, a sudden cannon shot soon sounded.

A smile appeared on Ada's lips: We are still far away, who can we hit now?

The Ming army was confused.

He and Bodi's biological grandfather, Dayan Khan, who had a great reputation in the grassland, once attacked for seven days but failed to achieve full success.

From dawn on the 22nd to today, there are five days.

"Don't stop the attack. Tonight, I'm going to spend the night on the south side of the Great Wall." An Da gave the order calmly, and then he grinned ferociously, "Send the message again, break down the door, and kill those who don't run away."

There is no need to chase them to the end. Let them flee south and tell them how badly they were defeated here!"

"It's hot! It's hot!"

What responded to him was the roar of the warriors who were ready to rush to the front.

Bows, arrows, cannonballs...these weapons thrown down from the Great Wall were just like pebbles, thrown into the sea of ​​Mongolian cavalry that was almost all over the mountains and plains, and could not stop their wave-like offensive at all.

Three hundred miles southeast of here is Juyongguan.

The five-thousand-strong Beijing camp army could only march thirty miles a day in the very safe Shuntian Prefecture within Juyong Pass.

Starting on the morning of the 24th, they had only passed Aiyangkou and approached Juyong Pass.

On the royal chariot, military information from the northwest was constantly sent here, and Yang Yiqing and Li Quanli followed on horseback.

"...There is still no trace of Anda." Zhu Houcong looked at Yang Yiqing from the window with the curtain open, "Where does Yang Qing think I will focus on attacking?"

Yang Yiqing pondered for a moment: "At present, we are encountering enemies on all sides, and no one dares to slack off at any of the forts. According to the military situation, they are all attacking the passes, but they do not attack one with all their strength as usual. Therefore, the defenders do not dare to be good at building forts.

Move. The enemy's cavalry is very fast. I'm afraid they first look for signs of fatigue and then go all out. Then they invade like fire. Even if all sides want to send troops to reinforce, they can't keep up with the speed of the enemy's cavalry."

Zhu Houcong remained silent.

There had been arrangements before. The most likely reason was that except for Li Jin, the enemy's main attack direction consisted of border generals with bad records. However, in the border fortress, there were still many soldiers and civilians who were completely incapable of doing anything of their own.

The article he published through Ming Pao, at least the border town generals had different opinions in their hearts - OK, why do you want to humiliate the chieftain?

In a war, someone is always going to die.

The reason why Zhuhe has always had a market is because Bianzhen also doesn’t want to die.

Zhu Houcong quickly suppressed his thoughts: If he didn't hurt the northern captives first, people in the border town would lose their lives every year.

The ones who suffered the most were the ordinary soldiers and people in the border towns. After all, many border generals were protected by their own soldiers, huddled in the fortress and allowed to be plundered by the cavalry.

"I am ordering Juyongguan. There is no need to go into seclusion first because of my arrival. If there are people who want to flee south, let them enter the pass. The expansion of the capital will require labor, and the transportation of food and wages will also require labor. Those who are more courageous can also leave outside Juyongguan first.

You have to find food in the nearest Huai Lai, and you also need to work in Huai Lai."

The war is happening right in front of you, and it is inevitable that some people will avoid the war.

Moreover, this time we set up a trap to lure the enemy deep into the hinterland of Xuan Da, it is really inevitable that there will be a military disaster. Not everyone has the means and ability to hide in the relatively safer castles in the border towns, and there will be many who drag their families and flee south.

, even Xuandafu County has received the task of evacuating the people to the vicinity of the three inner and outer passes, or to non-strategic mountains where enemy cavalry has a very small probability of appearing.

It already has a bit of a strong and clear atmosphere.

This was an impact that Zhu Houcong and the imperial court's strategy brought to Xuanda.

"...Only this time!" Zhu Houcong emphasized his tone, "This battle must be won! From now on, the flames of war can no longer ignite in our land of Ming Dynasty! Yang Qing, please rush to Xuanfu first so that Wang Xian can go to Datong with peace of mind.

!”

"I obey the decree!"

…

In normal times, Governor Xuanda would stay in Huai Lai, but now is not an ordinary time.

Wang Xian is in Xuanfu, about sixty miles away from Zhangjiakou and about one hundred and twenty miles away from Yutailing.

Coupled with the twists and turns of the road and the fast horses racing desperately, it took more than half an hour, or at most two hours, to get the latest military information here.

In the army, there are too few BMWs that can run two hundred miles an hour. To maintain this speed, horses have to be replaced.

In the busy government office with people coming and going, it was almost noon when Wang Xian received the military information from Yutailing.

"Twenty thousand?" He stood up suddenly.

"Dutai, the army is approaching, don't dare to make a false alarm!" The man who came to deliver the order had chapped lips, "Even if it is less than 20,000, plus the cavalry who were attacking Yutailing, it must be more than 80,000!

"

Wang Xian stared at the map in front of him, his thoughts changing rapidly.

Not only in military affairs meetings, he has also deduced various possibilities countless times in the past six months.

As long as the enemy's main force appears, no matter where the main attack is, there will be many plans.

To defeat first and then win, and to lure the enemy deeper, it is also necessary to defeat rationally, defeat without collapse, lure truth, and lure the enemy in the right direction.

Yutailing... Now we still have to figure out An Da's psychology based on the latest military information, and evaluate what actions the enemy forces facing in other border towns will take.

"Five days!" Wang Xian was silent for a moment before speaking, "Send an order to Yutailing and tell Xinhekou Fort to hold on for five days! After five days, reinforcements will arrive!"

"Dutai, why does it take five days? Wan Quan Youwei hasn't moved yet. They have to leave today. They can reach Yutailing in one day at most!" The messenger who was about to rest almost went dark when he heard this.

.

Wanquan Youwei is stationed between Zhangjiakou and Yutailing, which is only about thirty miles away from Yutailing.

"Wanquan's right guard cannot move lightly! If the Tatars attack from the east to the west, and see Yutailing increasing their troops so quickly, they will know that Wanquan's right guard has moved. The enemy cavalry will turn to attack Zhangjiakou at night, and it will only take one night!" Wang Xian

I couldn't help but explain, "In the past, Dayan Khan's 30,000-strong army attacked Yutailing, but the defenders still defended themselves for seven days and seven nights! Five days later, reinforcements from the Wanquan Left Guard, the Suppression Guard, and the Xuanfu Guard will arrive!"

At this time, the messenger was really tired and passed out.

When he was still conscious, he just thought: Is this the same as the Battle of Yutailing back then? Back then, it was a field battle in Zhangbei, and they were defeated in Yutailing. The Tatars surrounded Yutailing three columns, just to think that

After eating the reinforcements in one bite, the remaining troops of Yutailing guarded for seven days and nights.

Now, the Yutailing side is attacking the city wall from the front. The Tatars' intention to fight quickly is obvious, and they want to establish their prestige in the first battle at any cost!

Soon, the messengers were rushing from Xuanfu to all directions.
To be continued...