The soldiers and horses rested for several days, and at the same time they mobilized nearby ships, expanded the pontoon, and transported food supplies and various equipment across the river.
Although the Yellow River in the Piantou Pass area is wide, the current is very fast. The requirements for a pontoon bridge for ordinary horse infantry troops to cross the river are not high, but it is a bit difficult for the heavy equipment carried by the army to cross the river. Therefore, it must be based on the original pontoon bridge.
Rebuild the pontoon bridge.
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The method is also very simple. Hundreds of boats are assembled, wooden paths are laid on the boats, and the connections are fixed. In the shallow water, logs and wooden piles are used to fix the boats. In the deep water of the river, piles cannot be driven, so huge rocks can only be used as anchors to maintain stability. It is a waste of time and effort.
But four days later, the army finally began to cross the river. Men, horses and small vehicles passed easily. Zhang Yanling was worried when the heavy firearms crossed the river. The flatbed cart equipped with artillery, plus the horses pulling the cart, and the crowd of people assisting
.In a very small area, the pontoon has to bear thousands of kilograms of weight.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly. It took a day and a night to transport more than 1,300 grain and grass supplies vehicles and heavy firearms across the Yellow River. Only then did the 110,000 horse infantry army finally fully assemble.
That morning, the army organized and set off.
Five hundred cavalry were scout cavalry, setting off first to detect the enemy's movements. The four foreign armies were the front army, the two naval battalions were the center army, and the 30,000 Datong frontier troops were the rear army, forming an infantry formation. The 40,000 cavalry were divided into two teams.
Guard on the flanks of the infantry.
The entire Northern Expedition army formed a dense oval formation with a radius of five or six miles and marched north along the Gobi Desert.
After walking for less than an hour, suddenly a scout team exploring the road ahead sent back news that two corpses were found in front of the team, which looked like Ming Dynasty generals.
After hearing the news, Zhang Yanling and Zhang Lun quickly rode their horses and led the guards to the front of the army to check. On a grassland fifteen miles away in front of the army, Zhang Yanling, Zhang Lun and others saw the two corpses.
The two corpses were tightly tied together, one behind the other, in a piggyback state. The man carrying them was wearing Ming Dynasty-style armor and sitting on the ground leaning against a mound, holding a long knife in his hand.
.The man on the back has gray hair, his head and neck are drooped and his face cannot be seen clearly.
The two corpses seemed to be decomposed and emitted a foul odor.
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Zhang Lun ordered people to loosen the cloth strips that tied the two people together, and the two corpses collapsed. One was lying on his stomach and the other was lying on his back. The man lying on his back had his white hair spread out, revealing a terrifying face that had begun to rot.
The guards immediately screamed in surprise.
Zhang Lun frowned and shouted: "What is it called? Have you never seen a dead person?"
Zhang Yanling frowned and stepped forward, taking a closer look at the face of the white-haired deceased and identifying it carefully. But the face was unrecognizable.
The bodyguard also turned over the body of another deceased person. This person had a complete face, with a square face and thick eyebrows, and a handsome appearance. Although his complexion was ugly, he could tell that he had not been dead for a long time, at most a day or two. This person's hands were tight
He was holding the long knife tightly, and even when his body fell, he did not let go. Moreover, the armor on his body was damaged in many places, and the blood stains condensed into black spots, and the armor was speckled.
No one around knew the two deceased men. After Zhang Yanling and Zhang Lun talked about it, they both concluded that these two men were former border army generals, and they apparently died here while escaping from the enemy.
The square-faced general escaped carrying the white-haired man on his back. In this case, the general was still carrying the white-haired man on his back. Obviously this person was extremely important to him. Moreover, depending on the degree of decomposition of the corpse,
It can be inferred that the square-faced man walked away carrying the body.
"Who is so important? Is this brother going to carry his body away?" At this point in the discussion, Zhang Lun asked.
Zhang Yanling frowned and said: "Yes. I am also confused. Who is this white-haired deceased? This general carried him out with all his life. He must be an extremely important person in the army. If the body shape and face shape were not different, I would have thought
We must suspect it is Duke Baoguo."
Zhang Lun frowned and looked at the body of the white-haired man and said: "Yes, Mr. Zhu has a fat face and a very fat body. This man is lean and dry, which is indeed inconsistent. The key is that there is no identifiable token. What on his body
No, the guards have all searched for it."
Zhang Yanling said: "That's all, carry them back to the camp, change their clothes and arrange them for burial. It is undoubtedly me, the general of the Ming Dynasty, who sent a car back to Piantou Pass to let the generals of Bianzhen identify their identities and find their families. It's really impressive.
People are grieving. I don’t know how many remains of our Ming soldiers will be discovered in the future.”
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Zhang Lun nodded, and everyone sorted out the two corpses and carried them back on stretchers. When passing by the front army column, Xu Tai rode his horse and came to salute. Suddenly, Xu Tai pointed at a corpse on the stretcher and glared.
Said: "This...isn't this General Xin?"
Zhang Yanling said: "Do you know this person?"
Xu Tai stared at the corpse and said: "I know him. That is General Xin Guoping, the counselor of Xuanfu. When I was leading the army in Xuanfu, I had a good relationship with him. Unexpectedly, General Xin died in the battle. General Xin, hey!
He is a kind and kind man, and I have a good rapport with him. I want to meet General Xin and pay my respects."
Xu Tai looked a little sad. He jumped off his horse and walked to the stretcher. He looked at Xin Guoping's face, sighed and bowed three times.
Zhang Yanling sat on the horse and looked at Xu Tai, and said in a deep voice: "Since General Xu knows this General Xin, then who is the person he is carrying on his back? You should also know him, right? Go and identify him and see who it is?"
Xu Tai nodded. He had already noticed the body on the stretcher behind. Because it was already decomposed, it was covered with a white cloth by the soldiers. Xu Tai walked over, stretched out his hand to lift the white cloth, and took a breath. But after all, he saw many dead people.
I have never seen anything terrible, so I quickly regained my composure.
He looked at the white-haired deceased carefully, and suddenly reached out to pull the deceased's robe that was stained with dried blood. When Zhang Yanling and Zhang Lun were surprised, Xu Tai had already torn open the deceased's robe, revealing the black and rotten corpse.
"It's true... it's true... Bao Guo Gong. He is... Bao Guo Gong... Zhu Gongye. Wuwuwu." Xu Tai burst into tears and knelt on the ground, crying loudly.
Zhang Yanling was startled and looked at Zhang Lun. Zhang Lun said solemnly: "What? He is Bao Guo Gong? Bao Guo Gong is fat and strong, how could it be him? How did you know?"
Xu Tai pointed to the exposed shoulders of the corpse and said sadly: "Two princes, please see, this is an arrow wound. The last general once led the army in Xuanfu. In the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, a small group of Tatar cavalry sneaked across the border.
Town, the Duke of the country happened to lead us on a border patrol
When they met the Tatars, they started fighting. Mr. Zhu was shot in the shoulder by a Tatar's cold arrow, and he spent several months recovering. The wound ulcerated at that time, so it left scars after recovery. I will never see this.
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The arrow he used was a five-edged arrow, and the wound looked like a small flower. Duke Baoguo once showed us the wound and said it looked like a peach blossom and that he was going to have good luck. The general was deeply impressed. The position and shape of the wound were the same.
He must be Duke Baoguo. Mr. Zhu, I didn’t expect that we would see each other again after being apart for several years. I have not yet repaid you for your kindness to me, and I... am in unbearable pain in my heart.
The pain is unbearable."
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Xu Tai burst into tears. He was a general of the frontier army in Xuanfu Town, and he was Zhu Hui's favorite general. He received a lot of favors from Zhu Hui and respected Zhu Hui very much. Today I saw Zhu Hui's body, which was as rotten and emaciated as a
Now, how can you not be extremely heartbroken when your majestic Duke met such a miserable end?
After hearing Xu Tai's words, Zhang Yanling and Zhang Lun's faces changed color and they jumped off their horses. Previously, because the body shape and appearance were completely inconsistent with Zhu Hui's original appearance, they thought it was not Zhu Hui. Now they were recognized by Xu Tai and checked the wound again. It was indeed the case.
He said it in general, so he knew it must be Zhu Hui.
Although Zhu Hui betrayed the Xungui Group and joined forces with the foreign court for his own selfish reasons, he was still the Duke of the Ming Dynasty and a top figure in the Xungui Group. Now he died at the hands of the Tatars and died on the battlefield.
, can be regarded as dying for the country.
Although they are both nobles, they hate him for betraying the noble group, but at this moment, Zhang Lun and Zhang Yanling can't help but feel heavy and sad.
"When someone comes, make a coffin immediately, dress Duke Baoguo and bury him, and send the coffin back to the capital. Inform his family members in Xuanfu to come and pick up the coffin as soon as possible." Zhang Yanling ordered in a deep voice.
The soldiers quickly agreed.
Zhang Yanling looked at Xin Guoping's body and almost understood what happened.
This Xin Guoping was a counselor in the Xuanfu, and must also be Zhu Hui's confidant. This person protected Zhu Hui when he was besieged by the Tatars. Zhu Hui probably didn't survive, but this person still carried his body and fled south.
.Although he escaped the pursuit of the Tatars, the battlefield was hundreds of miles away from the border town, and he did not make it to the end.
The place where the two fell dead was on the Gobi Desert, more than sixty miles away from the Piantou Pass ferry. In other words, this person carried Zhu Hui's body all the way back from the depths of the Ordos grassland. It can be said that he was very strong-willed and loyal.
.
This person can be called loyal and righteous.
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What is regrettable is that he is actually not far from the ferry. He has traveled hundreds of miles, but he did not survive the last few dozen miles. Calculating the time, Zhu Hui and others were besieged for less than half the time.
Many months ago, that is to say, Xin Guoping carried Zhu Hui's body for more than ten days. In the end, he probably died of exhaustion.
"Made a coffin for General Xin Guoping, collected it and sent it back to the Xuan Mansion. He is a loyal and righteous man," Zhang Yanling ordered again.
The soldiers promised to do it immediately.
Zhang Yanling and Zhang Lun stood silently in front of Zhu Hui's body with solemn expressions.
Zhang Yanling didn’t know much about Zhu Hui. Although they had met many times, Zhu Hui’s relationship with Zhang Yanling was not harmonious. However, it is obvious that Zhu Hui was still deeply affected by Xu Tai and Xin Guoping’s attitudes towards Zhu Hui.
Loved by those around him.
Maybe Zhu Hui is not as extreme and arrogant as he thought before, and maybe if he gets to know him better, he can have a good relationship. It's a pity that he died and he will never have this opportunity again.
In the Battle of Hetao, the Ming Dynasty leader Guo Gong died in the battle. This was another major loss in addition to the 150,000 soldiers and horses being annihilated by the Tatars.
"Lord Protector, although you and I don't like each other, and you scolded me before, I have never disrespected you in my heart. Now that you died on the battlefield, it is sad and lamentable. Please accept my worship, Zhang Lun.
You have a spirit in heaven, and you can bless me and the Protector of the Kingdom to succeed in our northern expedition, and avenge you." Zhang Lun said in a deep voice, and bowed with a long salute.
Zhang Yanling stood aside and bowed deeply.
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