When Baoyin and her daughter angrily rode to the Ming army camp in the north of the city, Wu Wei was already waiting at the gate of the camp, with helplessness on his face.
"Where are the others?!" Baoyin and Wu Wei were also familiar with each other, but at this moment, the prairie pearl was full of anger and was in no mood to chat with him.
"Here, Madam, please come into the camp and talk." Wu Wei said with a wry smile.
"Is he dead or disabled?" Baoyin's eyebrows stood upright, with such fierce energy that even ghosts and gods had to fight against it.
"Here, my lord is fine. Naturally, he is neither dead nor disabled." Wu Wei said bravely.
"Then tell him to get out of here!" Baoyin raised her face, her face covered with frost.
Sana and others followed far behind, not daring to get close at all. The Ming army guarding the door was secretly speechless. They didn't expect that this charming beauty would be even scarier than the father-in-law when she got angry.
"Madam, this is really hard to accept." Wu Wei said helplessly.
"What? He still wants to act like a father-in-law to us two?" Baoyin snorted coldly.
"Madam, I misunderstood," Wu Wei thought carefully and realized that this was not a big deal, so he said truthfully, "It's really because the father-in-law didn't come at all."
"What?!" Baoyin was stunned immediately, Ah Heng's little mouth in her arms dropped, and she was about to cry.
Sana at the back was even more angry and stamped her feet. She felt bad for her family and asked Wu Weidao loudly: "Didn't he come to the Loop at all?"
"No, as my lord is the commander in chief, how could he not go out with the army?" Wu Wei hurriedly explained: "It's just that we are the partial troops who came to relieve the siege. The main force of the army led by my lord has other important tasks at the moment and we are not allowed to escape."
After listening to Wu Wei's explanation, Sana felt less aggrieved, but still said angrily: "Is there anything more important than rescuing Beji? He didn't come in person!"
"Haha, the safety of Mrs. Baoyin and the eldest lady is naturally the top priority in my heart." Wu Wei smiled slightly and said calmly: "It's just that my husband knows things well and has decided on a partial army.
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"How many men and horses are there in your camp?" Who is Baoyin? Just now, it was just because of love that he was confused. Now after listening to the conversation between the two, he has completely returned to normal.
"I don't dare to deceive my lady," Wu Wei said in a deep voice, "because the light cavalry is coming. There are 10,000 cavalry in the camp and no infantry."
"What..." A group of Mongolians were stunned, and they all said in silence: "Impossible! How can a mere 10,000 cavalry roll up smoke and dust in the air?"
"Haha, it's just a little trick and a bit of wisdom from Zhang Yide." Wu Wei ordered someone to bring a horse over, and saw that the war horse had a large branch tied to its tail. It ran over from a distance, and the smoke it brought up was indeed quite large.
For spectacular.
"How dare you come to the rescue with only 10,000 horses?!" The Mongolians believed it, but they became even more incredible.
You know, at that time, Arutai had 20,000 cavalry just outside the east gate, and they were waiting for work. If that old guy dared to fight hard, he would be able to expose the bluff of the Ming army in one fell swoop!
"The Tatars have been attacked by the Ming Dynasty for decades. Their ambitions have long been exhausted and they have become rogue bandits." Wu Wei actually wanted to say that he was talking about the Mongols, but he couldn't scold the bald people in front of the monks, so he concentrated his firepower on the Tatars:
"Although they had a lucky victory in the Trou River, they can only fight with the wind. Without enough confidence, they will not fight hard."
As he said, Wu Wei gave the other party a top hat, "Of course, my lord dares to be so sure, mainly because my wife and you all turned the King's City into a bottomless pit, depleting the Tatars' strength and leaving them unable to escape.
Deploy enough troops to deal with the suspected main force of our army. In this situation, how can Arutai dare to take risks? The best strategy must be to leave first..."
"I see..." The Mongolian leaders were very helpful and felt that what this guy with scars on his face said was very reasonable.
Baoyin asked slowly: "So, what is he doing now?"
"Of course I want to catch the old fox back and vent his anger on the madam and the young lady." Wu Wei said respectfully.
Baoyin finally had a smile on her face. She lowered her head and said to her daughter, "Don't worry, Ah Heng. Daddy won't be back for a few days."
"Yes." Ah Heng nodded obediently and said with a smile: "But I don't like foxes. Can daddy catch a deer for me?"
"Hahaha!" The little girl said something that she didn't understand, which made everyone burst into laughter.
Arutai's escape speed was astonishing. By nightfall, he had already left the King's City a hundred miles away. It was completely different from his cautious approach when he marched, wishing he could travel ten miles a day.
After escaping for hundreds of miles in one breath, the Tatars were tired and exhausted, so they couldn't help but slow down. Seeing that it was getting dark, the Tatar nobles asked Arutai, "Grand Master, can we go down to camp to rest, so that we can gather our troops?"
"They just focused on running away in a hurry. The 40,000 men and horses were already in chaos. The soldiers could not find the generals, and the generals could not find the soldiers. The tribes were mixed together. If something happened, they would not be able to command at all.
"No, tonight is the most dangerous." Arutai shook his head decisively and said: "Based on my many years of experience, if we camp tonight, we are likely to be attacked by the Ming army in the middle of the night!"
"The Grand Master is wise!" The Tatar nobles were naturally convinced of Alutai's escape experience, and immediately flattered him: "Those Ming Dynasty people are the most cunning and like to carry out sneak attacks in the middle of the night! It's a pity that they encountered our wife
Master, their plan is destined to fail!"
"Then how long do we have to run away?" Abu asked in a low voice.
Before he finished speaking, he received a heavy whip on his face. Arutai pointed at him and yelled: "You bastard, you still dare to say more. If you hadn't moved the camp without permission, why would I have done this?!"
Abu just covered his burning cheeks and rebutted unconvincingly: "If father hadn't transferred so many troops to me? How could I move the camp?"
"How dare you talk back!" Arutai whipped him again, hitting the other side of Abu Ji'an's face. Nigan secretly screamed at the sight, and said to himself, it seems that the second child may not be his biological child...
The Tatar nobles on the side quickly persuaded: "Master, now is not the time to hold people responsible. Ertaiji asked us and we also want to know, where are we going to escape to?"
"It's a retreat, not an escape." Arutai raised his riding whip angrily, and all the Tatar nobles lowered their heads and covered their faces. The old master snorted coldly: "Retreating on your own initiative is a retreat, and being chased is a retreat.
escape!"
"Yes, yes, you are right, we are retreating, not escaping..." The nobles nodded in agreement, but they slandered: 'If you are retreating, why don't you dare to stop?'
"Humph, judging from my many years of experience, we have to withdraw two hundred miles before we can be considered safe." Arutai had already made up his mind and said, "At least we have to cross the Tabu River."
"Of course we listen to the Grand Master..." The hearts of all the Tatar nobles twitched. They had to march non-stop all night! But for the sake of safety, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue marching.
The Tatar army had to march all night. In order not to expose their whereabouts, they did not even use torches. Everyone suffered a lot that night. I don’t know how many people fell behind. But Arutai ignored it and just urged forward.
Go forward again.
Finally, at dawn, the Tatars heard the sound of gurgling water, and they immediately cheered and rushed to the river. People and horses all leaned over the cattle to drink.
"Father, the Tabu River has arrived. We can finally breathe a sigh of relief..." After running for two hundred miles day and night, even a man like an ox like Abu Zean couldn't hold it back. He was shaky on his horse and tried to force himself to ask.
road.
A group of Tatar nobles also looked at Arutai pleadingly, but the old master said firmly: "We will rest after crossing the river." After a pause, he said: "If you can't cross the river, you will always feel uneasy."
"Crossing the river..." Everyone wailed, but they had no choice but to grit their teeth and persist, urging their men to get on their horses and cross the river.
It was May, when the river was swollen. The water level of the Tabu River was very high and the current was even more turbulent. The war horses had to swim very carefully to reach the other side, and the speed of crossing the river was naturally very slow.
After struggling for two hours, the sun was already high in the sky, and only half the men and horses could reach them. As soon as the soldiers crossed the river, they fell off their horses, lay down on the ground and fell asleep, unable to get up.
It took a long time for the former army to cross the river, and Arutai and Shi Nigan also crossed the river. Only then did the old master calm down. He sat on his horse and looked at the scattered tribesmen on the ground. He couldn't help but sigh: "It's true that one generation is worse than the other.
Back then, when I ran six hundred miles in one breath, I didn't look like this."
The Tatar nobles were exhausted at the moment. They managed to flatter the Grand Master, and then they all got off their horses and rested, trying to catch up on their sleep. But no one could sleep... It was fine before, they were just running for their lives, and they didn't have time to take a closer look.
Thinking, now that it is finally safe, I can't help but feel pain all over my body!
This battle was really a wasteful one, and they didn't suffer any defeats, so they lost more than half of their troops and horses... Although the direct line of the Tatar army only lost more than 10,000 people, all the 50,000 servants were underwritten by the king.
City. Although those servants are lowly, they are still their property!
The Tatars had been operating miserably for more than ten years before they had this little capital. If they lost all of it in one day, how many years would it take for them to recover?
Arutai looked at the people around him. They were all dejected. They were all immersed in the failure of losing troops and returning without success. Obviously, not everyone has the training of the Tatar Grand Master and can recover from setbacks in the shortest time.
Emotionally restored to the original state.
‘Hey, where is this?’ Arutai said in his heart, ‘I have to cheer them up.’ Thinking of this, he laughed loudly: “Hahahaha!”
The surrounding Tatar nobles were busy thinking about how to offset this loss. Suddenly, they heard wild laughter like a night owl, and everyone was really startled. Some of them were just settling accounts, but before they had time to dismount, they actually
He fell off his horse.
"Ouch! Who the hell is laughing!" The Tatar nobleman who fell to the ground was furious. He searched all over the world for the culprit, and saw the old master staring at him with an embarrassed look on his face.