However, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.
How could Li Songping, who had been a general for many years, make such a low-level mistake and give such a good opportunity to build a slave?
He originally planned to camp at Sarhu Pass for one night and set off to integrate the army the next day.
But who would have thought that Ye Bushou, who went to conduct reconnaissance, would find something unexpected.
"Is what he said true?"
"General, the three of us went to investigate in person. Jian Nu was indeed ambushing in the woods on both sides. There were at least five thousand people."
"Looking at the color of Jiannu's armor, it should be the Two Blue Banners to which Jiannu belongs, and perhaps some remnant soldiers who escaped from Sarhu Pass."
In the general's tent, Li Songping clasped his hands behind his back, listening to the reports from his subordinates who had been working all night.
In the center of the military tent, two slaves wearing cloth masks and pigtails were kneeling. They were tied tightly.
It turned out that two and a half hours ago, while Mang Gurtai was busy setting up an ambush, Amin sent two of his confidants to report the news.
However, they were discovered by Ye Busuang of the Ming Army on the way. Seeing that there were only two of them, and that the color of their armor was different from that of the Jian Nu in Saerhu Pass, Ye Busuang tried to capture them alive.
However, although the Ming army had one more man, it was not easy to capture two Jian slaves on horseback alive halfway.
Unexpectedly, the two Jiannu surrendered immediately after seeing the Ming soldiers.
After stating his intention to come, in order to verify that this was not a trap, Sanye Busuo went to investigate under the guidance of the two of them.
As expected, the three men immediately lowered their guard and rushed back to the Ming army camp with the two Jiannu prisoners.
As the commander-in-chief of the first army, Li Songping knew that this was a good fighter plane that could establish the absolute advantage of the Northern Expedition.
After all, these are Jiannu's entire two banners and troops. If they can be destroyed in one battle, plus the white flag that was severely damaged at Saerhu Pass, it will be nearly half of Jiannu's troops.
But he couldn't forget the emperor's instructions, even though he knew that Amin had already surrendered.
After repeatedly asking for confirmation for three nights, he was still a little worried, but he really didn't want to miss this opportunity.
The other generals generally had the same idea as Li Songping.
After deliberation for nearly half a quarter of an hour, a comprehensive plan was finally decided.
Li Songping personally led the Zuowei Army Zhen and Xiaoqi Camp, and transferred 5,000 sergeants from Huben Camp to wait for an opportunity to annihilate Jiannu's ambush.
The cavalry of the Xiaoqi camp are the front army, and the rest of the troops are the rear army. In this way, you can attack, retreat or defend.
Sarhu Pass was also some distance away from where Jiannu ambush, so Li Songping was not in a hurry, but ordered to set off early the next morning.
After the arrangements were made, Li Songping was still a little worried.
After all, there is no trust for the slaves, in case this is a trap for the slaves.
Then he selected a group of people from among his personal guards and personally explained to them the stakes and the importance of this trip.
After all the guards learned about it, they all responded positively, saying that if things didn't work out, they would have to die.
Then he put on armor and clothing with white flags, pretended to be in retreat and followed the two Jiannu slaves to set off first.
And when they arrived at Jiannu's place, night had fallen.
This was naturally done deliberately, as there were still some differences in appearance between Han Chinese and Jiannu. In order to avoid being discovered, darkness was naturally the best disguise.
At this time, Mang Gurtai and Amin had also separated, with two blue flags lying on both sides.
When Amin learned that his cronies were back, and there were more than twenty Ming soldiers, his anxious heart finally felt half at ease.
"My general has made arrangements. Once the war starts, don't move your troops or horses, otherwise our army's swords and guns will not be very sharp."
"If you encounter our soldiers, you should immediately put down your weapons, crawl to the ground with your head in your hands. Anyone who refuses to follow will be treated as an enemy and killed."
A small soldier dared to be rude to him, and it was impossible for Amin to feel angry.
After all, he is also Baylor of Daikin, a proper high-level official. He just sent people to monitor me, but he is still so arrogant.
The two slaves saw that their master looked unkind, and one of them quickly leaned into his ear and whispered a reminder:
"They are all soldiers of the Ming army general Li Songping."
As soon as he heard the name Li Songping, Amin's mind immediately became active.
Although he had never fought with him or met him, he knew that this man was a close general of Emperor Ming, and he was also the chief general, so he really could not offend him.
"There are only about 500 people who can be completely trusted."
"It doesn't matter, I'll inform you of these five hundred people first. As for the others, you can send military orders first to tell them not to participate in the war. If it doesn't work, they will be destroyed together."
Amin saw that the Ming army had already figured out the strategy, so he didn't waste any time. He immediately notified his five hundred soldiers and several Jia La E Zhen.
In the early morning of the next day, after a good meal, the Ming army immediately headed towards the place where Jiannu ambush.
Mang Gurtai didn't sleep well that night. Before nightfall last night, he sent out more than twenty scouts in succession.
But only five people came back, and the specific movements and locations of the Ming army have not yet been discovered.
According to them, the closer we get to Sarhu Pass, the more the Ming army will have exploratory cavalry.
They organized several adventurous raids, but were discovered and killed by the Ming army. Therefore, they speculated that the Ming army would most likely rest at Sarhu Pass.
At this time, Mang Gurtai also felt that something was wrong. This was different from the previous Ming army. They were much more vigilant.
But at this time, he was ready for an ambush and had no choice but to fire the arrow.
He even resisted his father Khan's military order to withdraw his troops, just because he wanted to defeat the main force of the Ming army in one battle and improve his status in Dajin.
He has also coveted the position of Great Khan for a long time.
He was extremely excited when he thought that he was about to become famous all over the world and outshine the entire Dajin.
Little did he know that Amin had already sold him completely, and this was the place where he died.
Li Songping stopped in an open area less than five miles away from Jiannu.
After receiving feedback from the soldiers monitoring Amin, there was no longer any hesitation.
He first sent two thousand cavalry on each side to encircle them along both sides of the forest.
Then use the infantry of the Left Guard Army as the front army, use shields as protection, and form a formation to move slowly.
Then, he placed the hundreds of squatting tiger cannons he carried behind the front army, waiting for his order to carry out the artillery bombardment.
Jiannu in the forest had previously learned that the main force of the Ming army had arrived, so he did not dare to make any further movements and hid in an ambush position, fearing that the Ming army would detect an ambush in the forest.
Therefore, they had no knowledge of the Ming army's deployment and upcoming attack.
I don't know how much time passed, but Jiannu still didn't see the Ming army entering the forest, and his uneasiness became more intense.
Just as he was about to send his cronies to investigate, there was a sudden sound. In just a few breaths, countless gunpowder fell on the ambush position where he had set the blue flag, and exploded in all directions.
Fortunately, they were all crawling on the ground, and the explosion power of the Crouching Tiger Cannon was very average, so the initial damage was not very great.