(Book friends, I’m very sorry. I accidentally read the wrong chapter yesterday. It has been corrected now.)
However, Xu Huizu and Song Sheng were not in front of him at this time, so Yunxi suppressed his anger and said to Zhang Fu: "The Western Captives attacked the Chinese army camp at night with two plans in mind. First, if they can
Capturing me alive will cause our army to be in chaos and win without a fight; secondly, Timur is also a man who has experienced battles for a long time. Of course he understands that the guards surrounding my place cannot be easily defeated.
The idea is also to surround the point and call for reinforcements."
"But I am not in the Chinese army camp tonight, so I can take advantage of it. Zhang Qing, how do you think we should command?"
"Your Majesty, I think we should immediately send people behind the Xilu attack camp to block their retreat."
Zhang Fu's face showed excitement and he said: "The soldiers sent to attack the camp must be the elite of the Xilu, and they will not be given up easily. Our army blocked their retreat route and prepared to encircle and annihilate them. Timur had no choice but to send troops to relieve the siege. We
The army took the opportunity to gather the Western captives and annihilate them in one fell swoop."
"Gather them together and annihilate them?" Yunxi frowned. Although Zhang Fu used this word, he immediately understood what Zhang Fu meant: He planned to turn this Xilu attack on the camp into a big melee between the enemy and our armies.
Tu took this opportunity to defeat Xilu in one fell swoop.
But what if the battle is lost? Yunxi knew that as long as he nodded, the battle would immediately turn into a melee involving hundreds of thousands or even millions of people. Even though the Ming army had more soldiers than the Xilu soldiers,
It has not reached the point of overwhelming advantage, and Ming Dynasty cannot guarantee victory.
Yunxi stood up, walked around the tent, and thought carefully.
Zhang Fu first sent people to inform the three camps of the rear army, the front army, and the right army. He told Wu Jie and others that His Majesty was at the left army camp at this time and there was no need to rush to send troops to the central camp. He stopped and sat down where Yunxi had just been sitting.
The place next to the position, without saying a word.
Zhang Fu himself was not sure that he would be able to defeat Xilu after the scale of the battle was upgraded. Not only could he not make this guarantee, but no one in the world could make such a guarantee when his enemy was Timur. But
He still made this suggestion.
In his view, because the Xilu occupied the Gurbantunggut Basin, the Xilu would have the advantage from a logistical point of view if the war continued in a stalemate; and troops were sent to conduct exploratory battles with the Xilu every day, and the Ming army suffered considerable damage.
If this continues, even if the Xilu are finally defeated, Ming Dynasty will suffer heavy losses.
After it turns into a big melee, although the losses will be greater if defeated, if we can win, we can avoid a lot of losses and end the current stalemate.
Admittedly, this was a pretty crazy idea, but after Zhang Fu thought of this idea, he could no longer get it out of his mind, so he said it.
He never knew he had such courage. He usually behaved very maturely and steadily. Zhang Fu looked at Yun Xi who was thinking about it, and reached out to touch his heart: "I didn't know I was bold this time.
Is it good or bad.'
Yunxi walked around in the tent. Slowly, the thunderstorm outside the tent gradually became quieter, the sky turned slightly white, and even the candles in the tent had burned to the end and were about to be extinguished.
Yunxi finally stopped, turned to Zhang Fu and said, "Are you sure you will win this battle?"
"Your Majesty, I am not sure!" Zhang Fu stood up and said: "But I will lead the troops to fight on the front line. If I lose this battle, I am willing to be punished by military law."
"There is no need to lead troops on the front line, and there is no need to deal with military law. You are the deputy general, and it is your duty to make suggestions to me. It is I who make the decision, not you, so how can I blame you?" Yun Hei
Said slowly.
"So, your Majesty is determined to fight the Xilu?" Zhang Fu couldn't help but ask after hearing what he said.
"I have made up my mind, and we will decide the outcome with Xilu today!" Yunxi said.
Yunxi felt that his passion had been aroused for a long time. He had been cautious since he succeeded to the throne as emperor, but this did not mean that his passion had disappeared. It was just that it was suppressed and could not be shown. But as the saying goes, things must turn against each other.
, the hot blood has been suppressed for so long that it can no longer be suppressed this year. It is like a dormant volcano erupting that has not erupted for many years. It wants to release all the magma-like hot blood that has been suppressed in the past few years.
‘Just let me indulge for once.’ Yunxi thought.
"I obey," Zhang Fu knelt down and said.
He immediately said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty is a man of ten thousand gold, and you will never go to danger. I request your Majesty to return to Yiwu City immediately under the protection of your soldiers, and wait for the good news that I am waiting for!"
"How could I run away from the battlefield?"
"How can this be called an escape from battle? Your Majesty is not the commander-in-chief of this Western Expedition. In any case, it cannot be called an escape from battle. Moreover, Your Majesty is the lord of all peoples in the world. If Your Majesty is in danger and the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, the people will suffer catastrophe. Therefore, Your Majesty
You are responsible for the safety of all the people in the world, and you must not be in a dangerous place." Zhang Fu kowtowed again and again, asking for permission to return to Yiwu.
"In that case, I will return to Yiwu." Yunxi was also a little afraid of dying in the battle, so he finally agreed.
Zhang Fu immediately sent someone to call the commander of the cavalry guard and asked him to escort Yunxi back to Yiwu City.
The two of them were not idle before the arrival of the commander. They sent many people to each battalion to deliver orders and arrange the decisive battle. Of course, the most important among them was Xu Huizu. After all, he was the commander-in-chief, and he had to be the commander. Not only
Because Zhang Fu was not qualified enough, and because he had never commanded such a large-scale war, he was afraid that the battle would fail due to his own mistakes, so he did not dare to command.
"Your Majesty, now you should send troops to pass orders to each camp, send out all the cavalry, and quickly rush to the outside of the Xilu attack camp. The rest of the war will be under the command of Xu Shuai." Zhang Fu said.
Yunxi nodded, and after thinking about it, he said: "Send my guards to deliver the order. You are not the commander of this battle, and the people you send may not obey orders. Even if you have my order, it will take some time; send my guards
If you go and deliver the order, they will immediately know what I mean, and you won't dare to delay at all."
He immediately called several guards to deliver orders to each camp. One of the two guards who went to the rear army camp happened to be Chen Lijie.
"You must pass my orders to all camps quickly, quickly," Yunxi instructed.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Everyone agreed in unison.
Chen Lijie immediately went to the rear army camp with the other person. On the way, they met the Quanning Guards led by Xu Youde. Chen Lijie knew that the purpose of Yunxi sending them out was to mobilize the cavalry as soon as possible to block the Xilu's retreat, so he immediately passed on the order
Xu Youde.
Xu Youde was also very eager to make military exploits, so he immediately led his troops to rush over, blocking the retreat of the soldiers led by Jesbu, and fighting with the Xilu.
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…
Jesbu certainly didn't know about this tortuous process, but he fully understood the consequences of being surrounded.
He now not only has the 10,000 cavalry and the rescued thousands of defeated soldiers from Salha, but also more than 10,000 soldiers to support him outside the camp. The total force is close to 30,000, all of which are the main force under Timur.
If the elite soldiers were wiped out by the Ming army, it would definitely be a huge loss for Timur.
More importantly, Timur used elites to attack the camp this time, and they had already lost at least 30,000 elites before. If the less than 30,000 people he led were wiped out by the Ming army, Timur would lose nothing.
With one third of the main force lost, Timur would never accept such a huge loss and would definitely send troops to rescue him. This battle would turn into a large-scale melee and even a decisive battle between the two armies.
Like Xu Huizu, who had just received Yunxi's order at this time, Jesbu was very reluctant to start a decisive battle; but he had no choice but to fight with the Ming army.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!" The sound kept ringing, and countless big food horses collided with Mongolian horses. A big food horse could knock a Mongolian horse off its feet, but Xu Youde had more Mongolian horses than Yesbu's hand.
The number of large food horses on the mountain was much greater, and the quality was not enough to make up for the quantity. Two Mongolian horses withstood one large food horse, and contained the charge of the Xilu at the cost of hundreds of horses being killed.
This is not a tactic commonly used by cavalry in battles. Cavalry usually fights face to face, charging through the other side's soldiers completely, then turning the horse's head and charging face to face again until one of the parties is defeated. The cavalry only fights each other for a short time.
moment.
But Xu Youde's purpose at this time was to prevent Jesb from leading his troops to escape. Naturally, he could not adopt such an approach. He could only use a dense formation to stop him at the cost of the lives of his horses.
When Salha realized that he had been stopped, he slashed a Ming army soldier to death with the long knife in his hand, causing the horse under his crotch to rush forward a few steps.
But then more Ming troops blocked the place and drove several horses over. Even though people were being hacked to death by him, they did not retreat at all.
Peng Qingzong saw that Salha was very brave in killing the Ming army soldiers. He shouted and rushed over on horseback, and he drew his bow and arrow to shoot Salha to death.
Salha had just swept another person off his horse, and suddenly the hairs all over his body stood up. He subconsciously lowered his head and just missed Peng Qingzong's arrow.
Seeing that his arrow had no effect, Peng Qingzong rushed over to fight with him. After a while of fighting, both of them were injured.
The progress of breaking through the Quanning Guards was not going smoothly, but the soldiers led by Cao Xing over there pursued them again. Seeing the blocking guards appear, Cao Xing happily said to Song Xuan: "This battle will definitely annihilate this Western force."
Prisoners." He led his troops and rushed forward. Song Xuan also hurriedly followed.
Although Cao Xing only had one arm, he did not feel inferior to others when fighting on horseback. He first passed a long knife across his chest, and knocked the man off his horse with a backhand blow; then he passed another person.
When he swung the spear again, he blocked it in one fell swoop. Countless sparks burst out from the place where the swords of both sides met. The man was about to withdraw his spear and stab Cao Xing again when he suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He had been killed by Cao Xing's bodyguards.
die.
At this time, the rain gradually stopped. Seeing that they were still unable to reopen despite the blocking of the Quan Ning Guards, Jessbu loudly ordered: "Archers, shoot arrows at the Ming army in front of you!"
Following his order, a "swish, swish, swish" sound was heard, and thousands of arrows were shot at Quanning Guards.
Xu Youde immediately ordered a counterattack. However, Quanning Guard was just one of the more than 400 guard posts in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not the most important ones. Ordinary soldiers had no armor at all, and Jesbu's troops were all from the Kingdom of Samarkand.
They were elite and everyone wore armor, so the losses of the Quan Ning Guards were much greater than those of Jesbu's troops.
Xu Youde felt his heart bleed as he looked at the soldiers who were shot to death for being unprotected. He always treated his soldiers very well. It is certainly an exaggeration to say that leading soldiers is like a son, but it is not an exaggeration to say that he treats them like friends.
. He felt very uncomfortable when he saw them being shot to death. But he still gritted his teeth and stopped them. Because he knew that whether he could win this battle depended on whether he could stop this group of Xilu.
But he was becoming increasingly unable to stop him. After all, the Xilu were all elites and had very strong combat capabilities. Fortunately, just when he was about to lose his hold, reinforcements arrived.
