According to the agreement, today is the day when the food and grass supplies arrive at the Ming army camp. However, the quartermaster who was preparing to receive the supplies in front of the camp was waiting left and right, but the heavy supply of troops was never seen. To prepare for the unexpected, he was preparing to ask for instructions if it could be sent from the camp.
The camp sent a group of cavalry south to meet them.
But he heard the alarm bell ringing from the watchtower, and the sentry shouted loudly: "More than a hundred riders are coming from the south!"
The officer on duty quickly climbed up to the watchtower and took a closer look with the telescope specially made by the Jinyiwei Sixth Office. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Our scouts should be leading the way." Then he suddenly thought of something and looked horrified.
At this time, one could see without a telescope that several Ming army scouts were galloping towards them, leading nearly a hundred remaining soldiers...
When they got close to the camp gate, the quartermaster recognized them. They were clearly the troops responsible for escorting the transportation of grain and grass!
The garrison soldiers obviously recognized these people, and they immediately started talking nervously. At this time, the leading baggage officer got off his horse, staggered and shouted: "I have urgent military information, and I want to report it to the Lord!".
Chinese Army.
In the coach's tent, Wang Xian, Liu Sheng and others had cold expressions on their faces, listening to the baggage officer crying:
"Two days ago, we just marched north with food and grass, and only ten miles out of the city, we were surrounded by tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry! Without saying a word, they began to attack the convoy. Although the young men fought hard, the enemy force was overwhelming.
, We couldn't fight hard, not only the food and grass were taken by the Tatars, but most of the brothers died on the spot..." Speaking of this, the officer couldn't bear it anymore, and burst into tears with heartbreak, while crying,
He sobbed: "In the end, the commander ordered us to desperately cover our breakout, and ordered us to report to the father-in-law quickly... Oh, the father-in-law wants to avenge the children!"
Amid the officer's cries, the atmosphere in the big tent was stagnant to the extreme, and everyone looked extremely sad and angry. Since they went on the expedition, the number of injured soldiers was not as many as the number of people who died in this battle!
"Who dared to touch our men and horses because of their bravery?" A grumpy general was already beating his chest and preparing to draw his sword and go out to kill people.
"Can you see clearly how many Mongolians there are and which tribe they belong to?" Although Mo Wen's eyes were full of anger, his expression became calmer and he asked the officer in a deep voice: "Also, what is the situation in Guning City?
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"There were at least 30,000 Mongolian cavalry attacking the grain team. They didn't have any flags and couldn't tell where they were coming from." The officer stopped his tears, paused and then said: "After we broke through, they did not pursue us.
We are heading straight for Guning City. There are only a thousand guards in the city, and I am afraid that it will also fall into the hands of the Mongols..."
Mo Wen asked for some more details, and after the officer finished telling him everything he knew, he was taken down to rest.
The sergeant stepped forward and helped the scarred officer up, but he suddenly struggled and kowtowed heavily to Wang Xian. Blood bled from his forehead and he screamed miserably: "Master, you must avenge your brothers!"
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Wang Xian nodded solemnly, stepped forward to help the officer with his own hands, stretched out his hand to wipe the tears on his face, looked at him resolutely, and said in a deep voice: "No matter who it is, I will make him pay back ten times!"
The officer nodded, tears welling up again...
After the officer was helped out, there was an explosion in the Chinese army tent. The generals were furious and asked Wang Xian to fight, wanting to lead his men south to avenge the dead soldiers!
Wang Xian frowned slightly, and Liu Sheng on the side scolded the generals angrily: "You are all so scared! Do you know how many enemy troops there are, what their origins are, and you have to lead the army to take revenge? Is it revenge or death?!"
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On weekdays, Liu Sheng specializes in being a bad guy. With his scolding, the generals all shut up and gradually calmed down. This calmness didn't matter, it was simply terrifying to think about it...
The army's food route was cut off, and the food and grass in the camp could only last less than three days. Thirty thousand and possibly more Tatar cavalry were a hundred miles away to the south, and a hundred miles to the north, Arutai and his troops were still hidden.
More than 10,000 soldiers and horses...
Originally, the army was already sure of victory, and was just struggling with the issue of whether to completely eliminate the enemy soldiers. In the blink of an eye, the situation took a turn for the worse, and it was already in danger. There was no need for Arutai and the unknown Mongolian army to attack from a flank, which would only take a few days.
, the army will completely collapse due to lack of food...
Nervous and worried emotions surged into the hearts of the generals, and they all looked at Wang Xian, wondering how the coach would make a decision.
Wang Xian looked as usual, walked a few steps in the tent with his hands behind his back, looked at Mo and asked, "It's Duoyan Sanwei."
"There is no one else except them." Mo Wen nodded and said: "The Wala people have not recovered their strength, and their strength is less than 10,000 people. They are far north of Shaanxi. It is impossible to cross the Hetao and come across thousands of miles. As for the Tatars, except Ah
The remaining troops in Lu Tai's hands can still gather 20,000 to 30,000 troops, but they are far away in Mobei and need to protect the infantry, so it is impossible to send out all the troops to attack us southward."
After a pause, Mo Wen continued: "As for the other tribes, none of them combined have 30,000 cavalry. After calculation, the only Mongolian tribe that can send 30,000 cavalry to cut off my retreat is the Duoyan Three Guards in Liaodong.
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Hearing this conclusion, the generals gasped. If this was the case, the trouble would be really big. The so-called Duoyan Sanwei refers to the Mongolian tribes living in Liaodong. During the Hongwu period, the Northern Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, and these tribes submitted to the Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Taizu set up Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu guards in this area. At the same time, the Ming court awarded the leaders of the three guards with official positions at all levels to win over and restrain them. This is the origin of the Duoyan guards.
What really made the Duoyan Three Guards famous all over the world was the Jingnan Campaign during the Jianwen period. Zhu Di was able to conquer the world with one government, and the Duoyan Three Guards played a big role. At that time, Zhu Di faced Li Jinglong's 600,000-strong army and personally
He went to Liaodong, borrowed the elite cavalry of the Three Guards of Duoyan from King Ning, and returned to defeat Li Jinglong. In the subsequent Battle of Jingnan, the cavalry of the Three Guards of Duoyan had always been the backbone of the King of Yan's army and helped Zhu Di succeed in the Jingnan Campaign.
He made great achievements in battle.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne as the emperor, in order to reward the Duoyan Sanwei for their "meritorious service", he decided to grant them the land of Liaodong, and decided to open mutual markets in Kaiyuan and Guangning for the Duoyan Sanwei Mongolians and the Ming Dynasty to conduct trading activities.
.But later, Zhu Di felt that this was too much of a threat to Beijing, so he broke his promise and did not allow them to move south to the Daning area near Shanhaiguan to station their herdsmen.
Duoyanwei was naturally very dissatisfied. In order to obtain pastoral rights in the Daning area, he united with the Tatar tribe in Arutai during the Yongle period to harass the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, Duoyanwei was beaten by Zhu Di. Only then did Duoyanwei
After recognizing the situation clearly, they understood that Zhu Di was no longer the King of Yan who had to rely on them at the beginning, but the Emperor of Ming Dynasty who had millions of troops and could do whatever they wanted at any time. After that, he stayed in Liaodong honestly and paid tribute to Ming Dynasty.
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On the surface, the Duoyan Guards did not dare to take another step beyond the Leichi, but they had never surrendered sincerely. Four years ago, the King of Han rebelled and borrowed troops from them with a large sum of money. The Duoyan Guards actually dared to actually send five thousand cavalry to ride on them.
The King of Han's warships crossed the sea and landed in Shandong, where they participated in the rebellion and attempted to reenact the Battle of Jingnan.
Although it was not successful later, the Ming Dynasty did not really punish them, because the Duoyan Guards had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and controlled nearly 100,000 strings. They were a powerful force as famous as the Tatar Oara. Now, with the decline of the Oara, the Tatars have lost
Tragic, they have become the most powerful Mongolian tribe!
In the Chinese military tent, although they had determined that the enemy must be Duoyan Wei, the generals still found it incredible.
"Although the Duoyan Sanwei and the Tatars have an alliance, it is already old history. As Arutai continues to grow in recent years, there has been considerable friction between the two sides and it has become a fire and water." A general asked strangely: "They
Why would you risk being conquered by the Ming Dynasty and send a large army to help Arutai?"
Contrary to common sense, although the various Mongolian tribes belong to the same ethnic group, they hate each other far more than they do with the Han people. It is not difficult to understand that the Han people attacked them and then withdrew after the attack, and would not annex their territory and
Tribesmen. However, the wars between various Mongolian tribes were aimed at annexing each other's territory and tribesmen, and naturally they would never end.
"It's really unbelievable," Liu Sheng twirled his beard and said with a puzzled face: "When did Duoyanwei become so bold? As long as the Ming Dynasty stops communicating with them, their lives will be difficult. Those Duoyan nobles
Is your head covered in horse dung?"
"Whether it's possible or not, they have already appeared there." Mo Wen said solemnly: "We must decide how to deal with it immediately, and we can't delay for a moment!"
The generals all nodded. The army only had three days of rations left. It really couldn't be delayed for a moment. Someone suggested: "We should withdraw our troops immediately to the west. If we go south, we may be attacked by Arutai and Duoyan Guards."
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As soon as this statement came out, the generals took it seriously, and it seemed that there was only one way to go west back to the Hetao.
"Nonsense!" Liu Sheng blew his beard and glared: "In the military stations in the west, there is not even a grain of food and grass. We have been eating wind and urine for more than a thousand miles?"
"But Lord Marquis, we have no way to go anywhere else!" Normally, after being scolded by Liu Sheng, no one dared to say more. But now the general said bravely: "That Duoyan guard
They are much more powerful than us, and they don’t even need to fight head-on. As long as they entangle us for a few days, we will be so hungry that we can’t even carry weapons! At that time, we can only let them slaughter..."
"Look at how cowardly you are!" Liu Sheng spat on the general and cursed: "Just now you were clamoring for revenge, why did you get so cowardly when you heard it was Duoyan Wei?!" He said with a stern look.
The generals shouted: "Going west is the only way to a dead end!"
"What the Marquis said is absolutely true." Mo Wen nodded in agreement: "If our army retreats, the Tatars and Duoyan Guards will definitely come after us. Our army will be cut off from food and grass, its morale will be shattered, and it will flee thousands of miles. In the end, there will be several
Can people escape back to the Hetao?" (To be continued.)