It seemed that God couldn't wait any longer. There was no fog the next morning and the sun rose very early.
The Ming army had a total of 58,000 regular soldiers and 30,000 heavy civilians, for a total of nearly 90,000 people. This was far more than in history. This was mainly due to Zhu Houzhao leaving the capital a year in advance and urging the border guard stations to replenish their vacancies.
Pay soldiers.
Why only slightly more?
Because nearly half of the reinforcements from Xuanfu have not arrived on the battlefield yet, and they are probably just arriving in Huairen County now.
Zhu Houzhao personally arranged the troops and formed the formation. He did not play any new tricks and just put up the regular formation of the Ming Dynasty.
The emperor naturally commanded the central army, and then divided it into four armies: front, rear, left and right.
Five people form a team, ten people form a team, ten teams make a sentry, and each sentry has 5,000 people.
The four armies at the front, rear, left and right each deployed two sentries, and 40,000 regular soldiers were dispersed. The remaining 18,000 regular soldiers and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers were all moving at the sight of the central army.
In front of each team, there are three Juma (or carriages) with iron chains connected in the middle. If the Mongolian cavalry wants to charge into the formation, they must first dismount and remove the iron chains, while the Ming army can untie the iron chains and rush out at any time.
Seeing this huge turtle formation, Dayan Khan had no desire to attack at all.
The light cavalry is attacking such a tight formation, why should they hit it with a hammer? Go to bed as soon as possible.
In the morning of that day, Dayan Khan sent tens of thousands of cavalry to conduct feint attacks on all sides in a circle, trying to find out which direction of the Ming army had the weakest troops.
As a result, I got nothing, almost the same as my mother.
In the afternoon, there were various feint attacks again, with arrows flying all over the sky from both sides, barely causing hundreds of casualties, and the number of casualties was probably only double digits.
This is probably why the history books say that a hundred thousand troops fought for a whole day, and the Mongolian army lost 16 people, and the Ming army lost 52 people. One did not dare to attack, and the other did not dare to fight out. It seemed that they could fight
It's very lively, actually everyone is testing and consuming each other.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Zhu Houzhao's impatient character showed up again. He looked around and asked: "The Tatars dare not attack. What if they run away?"
Jiang Bin smiled and said: "If the Tatars withdraw their troops, we will win this battle. After all, we will regain countless goods and people."
"I, the general, personally led the army to fight, just to get back this little thing?" Zhu Houzhao was very dissatisfied.
The generals were shocked, fearing that the emperor would order a charge.
Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao was not mentally retarded to that extent. He suddenly said: "Fight the Emperor's Flag Battle!"
"Your Majesty, no!" the generals quickly advised.
Everyone wants to rely on the turtle formation to make the little Mongolian prince retreat in the face of difficulties. In this way, it can be promoted as a great victory, and even the civil servants in the DPRK and China cannot refute it, because many enemies were indeed killed and countless properties were taken back.
and population.
When the time comes, all the soldiers who participated in this battle will be rewarded, so why not?
But if the emperor's flag battle is staged and the opponent knows that the emperor is here, they may attack desperately. What if the emperor is kidnapped!
Wang Yuan did not say anything to dissuade him, because he and Zhu Houzhao had the same idea, which was to attract the opponent to attack, otherwise it would be difficult to fight the battle.
Zhu Houzhao scolded: "Call me the mighty general!"
"Mighty general, don't take such risks."
"Mighty General, we are invincible, there is no need to reveal our identity as emperor."
"Mighty General..."
Faced with a flood of remonstrances, Zhu Houzhao insisted on going his own way: "You are not allowed to speak, the general has already decided. Raise the flag!"
The imperial officers on the left and right immediately raised twelve dragon flags.
Then, sixty-four flags were hoisted around, including the Four Elephants Flag, the Five Mountains Flag, the Twenty-Eight Stars Flag, and so on.
Directly in front of the emperor's chariot, a Big Dipper flag was erected, followed by a large banner.
The large banner is particularly eye-catching. It is usually placed in the Banner Temple in Beijing and is offered for sacrifice in spring and autumn every year. Only when the emperor personally marches or sends important ministers to go on an expedition will it be taken out of the temple and brought to the battlefield - Liu
The riot between Liu Liu and Qi was so big that this big flag was not even touched at that time.
A forest of flags of various colors were flown out, and the morale of the Ming army soldiers immediately increased. This game is really like a war game. The special military flags were displayed, and the morale of the entire army instantly exploded.
"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!"
Tens of thousands of soldiers spontaneously shouted, the more they shouted, the more uniform they became, like thunder on the ground.
Dayan Khan on the opposite side laughed loudly: "Sure enough, the Han emperor is here. We will withdraw our troops today and fight again tomorrow!"
Seeing the Mongolian cavalry retreating on all sides, Zhu Houzhao said worriedly: "My general has shown the emperor's flag, won't the little Mongolian prince still sneak away?"
The generals were dumbfounded. With the emperor here, how could the Tatars leave so easily?
That night, Zhang Yong took the initiative to find Wang Yuan and Jiang Bin, and the three of them had a small meeting in private again. Zhang Yong worriedly said: "Both of them are knowledgeable soldiers. There shouldn't be any surprises in this battle, right?"
Jiang Bin said: "As long as your Majesty doesn't act recklessly."
Zhang Yong sighed: "Oh, our family doesn't want to be Wang Zhen..."
"Bah, bah, bah, don't say such things, it's too unlucky." Jiang Bin interrupted quickly.
Wang Yuan suddenly said: "In three to five days at most, the Tatars will definitely take action. In order to maintain mobility, they abandoned a lot of baggage. How long can the remaining food last? At that time, they will either attack by force, feign defeat, lure us to pursue, and then look for
Opportunity to counterattack. Either withdraw the troops directly, then send sentries to observe the movements of our troops, and look for opportunities to launch a large-scale surprise attack. This is how the 'Tumu Fort Incident' happened."
Zhang Yong said: "Then we must always be cautious and not give the Tatars any opportunities."
Wang Yuan turned to look north: "What I am most worried about is that there may be Tatars in the direction of Huairen. A few days ago, I led five thousand light cavalry to open the road, and there were countless Tatar sentries along the way. After being chased by me, most of them headed towards
Run towards the north. There are too many enemy cavalry, and our sentry cavalry cannot disperse. If there are ten or twenty thousand thieves cavalry, quietly following behind, they will not be able to detect them at all."
Jiang Bin was shocked: "I'm afraid it's really possible. This large group of hidden thieves will probably suddenly come out from behind while our army is pursuing them!"
Wang Yuan said: "So, no matter what happens, your Majesty's Chinese army cannot move around. The sharp gun battalion, artillery battalion, and several kinds of divine machine battalions I brought must be used to defend the Chinese army's formation!
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Zhang Yong said to Jiang Bin: "General Zhu, if your majesty is in danger, you and I will work together to catch him. Don't worry about the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers."
"That's the only way. I'm afraid something might happen to His Majesty." Jiang Bin said depressedly.
Wang Yuan personally inspected the military camp again, called Pan Gui and other generals whom he had promoted, and warned: "You are guarding the central army. No matter what happens, you are not allowed to leave His Majesty even half a step. If there are thieves and cavalry coming out from behind, give them to me."
Defeat them ruthlessly, and if no enemy appears, just defend them honestly!"
"Yes!" The generals knelt down to accept the order.
The next day, it was foggy again.
When the fog dissipated, the two armies clashed again, with the intensity much higher than the previous day.