The fire in the Tatar military camp is bright, and the tents are as densely packed as mushrooms after the rain. However, if you take a bird's-eye view from the sky, you will find that the layout of the military camp is like the Eight Diagrams of the Central Plains. There are gates for life, gates for death, gates for Du, and gates for scenery.
It is truly a unique sight in Mongolian history.
This is the result of Arutai, the Tatar Grand Master, who, after being defeated by Oara several times, worked hard and studied the military books of the Central Plains. The gray-haired old Grand Master is worthy of being a wise man on the prairie. He lives to learn. No matter what
In any case, after several years of hard work, the low morale of the Tatar army has recovered, and its strength has returned to 20,000... Of course, in front of Oara, this strength is still far from enough.
But that was Wala before the Battle of Hulanhu Hypothermia.
In the battle between Hulan and Huwen, everyone thought Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty was the winner, but in fact Arutai was the biggest winner. He studied "Three Kingdoms" repeatedly for several years before he realized this ingenious plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves, and succeeded
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty mobilized an army of 500,000 to defeat his old enemy Mahamu.
This was all planned by Arutai in advance, so the reason why he avoided meeting Zhu Di in every possible way was not because he was worried that Zhu Di would detain him, but because he was afraid that the army would have no one to lead and his affairs would be ruined.
Now everything is going well. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has returned to the court, and Arutai has also led his clan's troops to kill him. The only regret is that he has not come to join him yet, but it doesn't matter. With 18,000 soldiers under his command,
A tiger and wolf warrior who is recharging his energy, he is confident that he will take advantage of the defeat of Wala to take revenge.
Unexpectedly, he encountered the Wala army as soon as he left the desert. When the scout reported that there were traces of six thousand Wala troops ahead, Arutai could not believe it. But when he arrived at the camp, he saw
Even though most of the tents had already been removed or burned down, leaving countless turfless dirt under the tents, it was still possible to conclude that a large army had been stationed here.
After counting the number of stoves and tents, it was found that the number of the Oara army should be around six to seven thousand. This discovery was like a basin of cold water poured on the heads of the Tatars who came to pick up the bargains with great interest. The leaders did not dare to say a word and followed the Taishi.
Entered the newly built handsome tent.
Arutai is tall and tall, with white beard and hair, a high nose and deep eyes. He looks nothing like a Mongolian. Most of the leaders around him also look like him. This is because their Assut tribe is a Mongolized Iran.
They were brought back to East Asia during the Mongolian army's Western Expedition and became a guard force of the Mongolian army. They became bodyguards during the Yuan Wuzong period, and then gradually grew in strength. Now that their masters have declined, they have become the actual bodyguards of Eastern Mongolia.
However, Arutai still adheres to the ancestral system, with the Yuan Dynasty royal family as the main body, and the descendants of the Jin family are appointed as great khans, while he only serves as the grand master.
He has been fighting for the restoration of the Yuan Dynasty all his life. Although he has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty now, it is only a temporary measure. When he destroys the Oara and unifies Mongolia, there will be new regulations. Now, to eliminate the Oara,
The best opportunity to unify Mongolia lies in front of this wily Tatar Grand Master. He cannot allow himself to make mistakes no matter what, so he takes every step cautiously...
After thinking about it, he slowly asked the generals: "What do you think?"
"Father, I think this is easy to understand," his second son Abdu said: "Although Mahamu was defeated, he heard that the Ming Dynasty had withdrawn its troops, and he would definitely send troops to follow him to make sure that the Ming army had withdrawn to Monan.
, dare to return to Helin. On the other hand, it also prevents anyone from taking advantage of the situation."
"It makes sense." The leaders nodded and said, "Maybe Mahamu is among them. Let's catch up quickly. Even if we can't catch him, it would be good to kill one of his troops."
"Berlin, what do you think?" Arutai asked his nephew and chief adviser Arubalin.
"According to what the scouts have discovered, there is baggage left by the Oara people in front, but the horseshoe tracks are not disordered and they are not running away in a hurry." Alu Bolin said: "And the direction in which they are retreating should be due to sudden hypothermia. I am worried that there will be
Could it be that they are repeating their old tricks, trying to lure the enemy deeper and ambush us when the temperature suddenly drops?"
"How is it possible," Abdu said with a smile, "Mahamugang was defeated so miserably in Hulanhuchiwen that he still has the guts to set up an ambush again?"
"It's hard to say." Alu Bolin said slowly: "The wolf with the sheep in its mouth will come back. Maybe Mahamuzheng has made up his mind. We don't believe that he set up an ambush there, but he just ambush there. After all, the terrain there is too
Well, we don’t have muskets or cannons, so he is fully confident that he can use the terrain to defeat us and also restore the morale of the Oara people."
Therefore, sometimes it is not good for people to have too complicated thoughts. Just because they did not expect that the Wala people would escort the grandson of the Ming Dynasty to the south, Brother Berlin thought of all these things, which is really ridiculous.
But this idea is reasonable, because Wang Xian's move is called "make mistakes, make mistakes." When he set the time, he had already thought that the Tatars could not expect that thousands of troops would go south at this moment, so they would definitely
They were confused and guessed the identities and motives of these people. On this basis, Wang Xian created various signs to make them think that Mahamu would ambush them in Hulanhu and Hulanhu... Wang Xian's excellence was
Here, he doesn't have any surprising strategies, but his speculation on people's hearts is at its peak, so he can lead the opponent by the nose.
Even with Arutai's smart brain, he could not think of the real reason for encountering the enemy, so he preconceived that his whereabouts had been known to Mahamu, and that he had lost the conditions for a surprise attack, so he had to change his strategy and fight steadily.
In case you underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, you will be ambushed by the enemy.
After much deliberation, Arutai ordered the scouts to expand the reconnaissance distance to 150 miles early tomorrow morning, while the army slowly advanced, conserving their strength, protecting their retreat, and making plans after ascertaining the enemy's situation.
On the top of the mountain in the distance, Tatar scouts passed by at the foot of the mountain from time to time, but they did not expect that the opponent's coach was hiding on the mountain.
It was extremely cold in the middle of the night. Wang Xian and Xu Huaiqing hid under a blanket, lying on the top of a mountain and looking at the Tatar military camp with floating flames in the distance.
"Good guy, the Tatars are out in force. There must be more than 20,000 people." Xu Huaiqing whispered and trembled: "This means that we will die."
"Mahamu is a fool," Wang Xian said with a helpless smile, "I didn't expect that we would serve as a shield for him." He took out a small flask, took a sip of strong wine to warm his body, and handed it to Xu Huaiqing.
Xu Huaiqing took it, took a big sip, and said with gritted teeth: "Sir, I don't understand. Since Arutai has already declared himself a minister to the emperor, let's go directly to see him. How dare he say that he is the emperor's envoy?"
Can’t you hold us captive?”
"He doesn't dare to detain us." Wang Xian winced and said, "But he will definitely kill us to silence us."
"Why?"
"Isn't it obvious that there are lice on the bald man's head?" Wang Xian whispered: "The emperor is not Mahamu's father, so why should we kill them all for him? Let Oara and Tatar restrain each other. This time
The emperor sent troops to teach the old horse a lesson, but it was only because Wala was too powerful and had broken the balance and was about to defeat the Tatars, so he had to help Arutai."
"But this obviously gave Arutai an advantage," Xu Huaiqing said depressedly.
"No one is a god and can calculate things to a 100% accuracy. The emperor probably never expected that Mahamu would lose half of his troops in one day without fighting." Wang Xian said softly: "Then there is Ah Mu.
Lu Tai, this old fox, must have deceived the emperor. With the strength he is showing now, although it is indeed not as good as the original Mahamu, it is untrue to say that Mahamu was driven to the Great Wall and had no way out."
"What the military advisor means is that this is all part of Arutai's plan?" Xu Huaiqing said with wide eyes, "He is just waiting for the imperial army to retreat and come here to kill the drowned dog?"
"Yes." Wang Xian nodded and said: "Normally, the emperor must have expected this. As long as he sends troops to guard Guangwu Town and strangle the Hanhai Corridor, he can block Arutai and give the Wala people time to lick their wounds. But I don't know.
For some reason, Arutai came to Mobei without being blocked. How do you think he feels now?"
"Of course it's going to be bigger than one show."
"What if an envoy from the Ming Dynasty appears at this time?"
"I'm afraid I will kill him to silence him..." Xu Huaiqing also understood.
"Yes, he must be worried, what if we ask him to withdraw his troops? Or report it to the emperor, so that his son and the three thousand Tatar soldiers will suffer." Wang Xian nodded and said: "So we have no choice but to deal with him.
in the end"
"Hmm." Xu Huaiqing said in his heart. It turned out that he had really wronged the military advisor. He thought he was hurting the beauty. But maybe, with his mouth, the military advisor could talk about life and death. Who knows what he was thinking in his heart.
of
While he was thinking wildly, he heard Delemu's voice: "Sir, the Wala scouts are going to search the mountain."
Xu Huaiqing laughed and scolded: "I thought they forgot that there is a mountain here."
"This is called darkness under the lamp." Wang Xian said with a proud smile: "We have seen everything we should see, and it's time for us to leave." As they spoke, the two moved their sore and numb limbs, and followed Delemu to touch the back.
On the mountain, there are people with titles in their mouths, horses with their mouths tied, and a hundred fine riders are lurking quietly.
The road down the mountain had been surveyed long ago, and everyone knew it by heart. Delemu waved, and a hundred cavalrymen quietly went down the mountain without making any sound. It was not until they mounted their horses and rode five miles away that they encountered
Tatar scouts on patrol.
When they meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. Taking advantage of the opponent's confusion about the enemy and ourselves, Delem has already led his men to kill him. When the bowstring sounded, the Tatar soldiers fell off their horses one after another, and the remaining people were also killed by the whistling sabers. But the warning copper
The sound of the flute rang through the night sky, and their whereabouts were completely exposed.
"Let's go!" Wang Xian whistled, and a hundred fine cavalry were like arrows, taking advantage of the Tatars' panic and running towards the north.
However, the Tatar scouts soon discovered the small team traveling in the opposite direction and immediately pursued them.