366 [A generation of the British leader died in vain]
Wang Yuan spent a lot of time coming down from the top of the mountain, so he could only ride at the end.
In the narrow valley, the Tatars fled in the shape of a long snake, and the Ming army chased them in the shape of a long snake. Not only were many of the Tatar troops trampled to death, but even some of the Ming troops who were madly chasing the enemy accidentally fell off their horses and were squeezed.
The friendly troops behind him were trampled to death.
In this situation, no one would dare to dismount and behead him, because he would not be able to get back up!
Wang Yuan did not dare to ride hard, so he could only wait for all the Ming troops to chase him out before he rode up to catch up - lest he be accidentally trampled to death by his own people.
After chasing for several miles, some of the defeated Tatar troops had already left the valley, while Wang Yuandu was still blocked in the middle of the valley.
"Hush!"
Suddenly, Wang Yuan stopped his horse, jumped down and stared blankly at the corpses on the ground.
Among the pile of corpses, a calf was exposed, with a broken arrow stuck in the calf. At Wang Yuan's feet, lying quietly was a golden mink hat, which had been completely crushed.
Wang Yuan bent down and picked up the golden mink hat, patted the dust and blood on it, then pulled the hat open and slowly covered it on his head.
Wang Yuan had seen this golden mink hat many times, and it had always been on Dayan Khan's head.
After moving three corpses in a row, Dayan Khan finally appeared intact. The arrow that hit his shoulder had also been broken off. Although his head was still intact, his abdominal cavity was trampled into mud, and his internal organs, flesh and blood, and feces and urine were mixed together.
Wang Yuan could even see a horseshoe-shaped blood hole.
The leader of the Mongol renaissance died in a confused manner. He didn't know when he was thrown away by his grandson, or when he was trampled to death. He might even have died under the stampede of the defeated Mongolian troops.
Wang Yuan had many ideas about this battle.
Perhaps the soldiers who came out of the mountain from the trail got horses in Shanyin County and rushed south to bring reinforcements. Or maybe the Ming army sentry sent out and saw the beacon smoke burning here, and the army came to block Dayan Khan in the valley.
. Even the Tatars could not bear the casualties, so Dayan Khan chose to withdraw. Wang Yuan led his troops to defeat them.
There were too many endings, but I didn't expect that Dayan Khan died so simply, so cowardly, and so inexplicably.
But reality is so elusive and makes no sense at all.
At least Dayan Khan went through a bloody battle, and his death was even more ridiculous in history. Every time he wanted to eat the bait sent by Zhu Houzhao, he was delayed by heavy fog. After being chased by Zhu Houzhao to Shuozhou, he suddenly had another blow.
There was a sandstorm all over the sky, and both sides were forced to stop their troops and retreat. When they returned to the grassland, Dayan Khan, 44 years old, an upright and strong man, died immediately. Was he injured? Or was he sick? There is no record.
After cutting off Dayan Khan's head and hanging it on the saddle, Wang Yuan rode out again.
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The two Leopard Room cronies who left the path had to walk on a winding and rugged mountain road and climb three mountains before they could reach another valley. Walk out along this valley, and then go east after exiting the valley.
The county seat of Shanyin County is located.
The mountain people said that it would take two days to walk.
But regardless of physical exertion, it only took them seven hours to arrive outside Shanyin City at dawn. This was because the mountain roads were difficult to walk at night, otherwise they would have arrived faster.
Hearing that the emperor was besieged in the mountains, the magistrate of Shanyin was frightened. He immediately gathered four horses and gave them to two close men of the Leopard House, asking them to quickly go south with two horses.
The two of them ran south until dawn, when they heard the sound of Mongolian horns in the distance.
However, Pang Long, Jin Ying and other troops in the direction of Huairen were too slow to assemble from the Xuan Mansion and were thrown to the rear by Wang Yuan to support them. At the beginning, they formed a formation to fight Balsborot, but suddenly the main battlefield
Something unexpected happened and Balsbroat ran away after hearing the news. Pang Long and Jin Ying also followed in pursuit.
Balsborough rushed to the battlefield and met the sharp gun battalion, divine machine battalion and artillery team that were waiting for him. This guy made a feint attack and found it difficult to deal with. He threw down more than a dozen corpses and headed west.
On the way, encountering the disorganized Zuo Qin troops, Balsborough immediately launched a surprise attack.
Zuo Qin's army of about 2,000 men was defeated by Balsbort. Half of them were chased and hacked to death, and the other half were scattered in the mountains. This army was completely destroyed. The side general Zuo Qin was also seriously injured and lay on his back.
He escaped by pretending to be dead on the ground.
Encountering several more Ming armies along the way, Balsborough saw no chance, so he bypassed them.
The next disaster was Pinglu Guards General Gao Shi. This man led his troops to pursue him very deeply, and many of his soldiers were already exhausted. He was just sitting there resting when Balsborot suddenly came to kill him, and in an instant there was another great rout.
Gao Shi was shot to death by the Mongolian cavalry on the spot.
Faced with more than ten thousand enemies who were coming from behind, Wang Xun, the commander-in-chief of Datong, and Zhu Zhen, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, blew their trumpets to assemble their troops.
However, because the Ming army pursued and defeated the enemy, the team was too long and too scattered. By the time all the armies were assembled, seven of them had been defeated by Balsboro.
Of the 58,000 Ming army infantry, there were only about 40,000 left at this time. More than 30,000 baggage carriers were raided by Balsborough's returning army, and only a few thousand of them fled.
Pang Long and Jin Ying's troops came from the direction of Huairen and ran head-on into Balsborot who was returning. They had no time to form a formation and were killed on the march. The two generals only brought hundreds of soldiers with them.
The remaining soldiers escaped.
Balsborough, with only more than 10,000 cavalry hiding behind, defeated the Ming army's 20,000 regular soldiers and more than 20,000 civilians. Very few Ming soldiers were killed, and most of them fled. After the battle,
Don't even think about returning to the team.
They did not continue to lead troops to raid, firstly, most of the Ming army had been assembled, and secondly, Balsborough's team was almost at the peak of its power.
At this moment, the 40,000 Ming army that had just finished gathering met Alsuborot who had divided his troops.
Alsuborot, with 15,000 cavalry, rushed over and shouted: "The Emperor of the Han is dead, the Emperor of the Han is dead!"
The Chinese of these Mongolians was obviously learned temporarily. They shouted in unison several times in succession, but the Ming soldiers were stunned not to understand.
"What are they shouting?" Zhang Yong asked.
Jiang Bin said angrily: "Who knows, maybe they are mourning."
Wang Xun's expression suddenly changed: "The Tatars have returned, where are His Majesty and Governor Wang who chased them away?"
"The Emperor of Han is dead!"
"The Emperor of Han is dead!"
The Mongol Tatars continued to shout. This time the generals finally understood, and even some of the soldiers understood.
Even though there was no attack, the shocking news alone made the military morale fluctuate.
Zhu Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, suddenly shouted: "The Tatars are spreading rumors, don't believe them easily. If His Majesty is already in trouble, how can the Tatars not bring the emperor's body over? There is no need to shout in vain like this!"
"right!"
Wang Xun, the commander-in-chief of Datong, also said: "Your Majesty is accompanied by Governor Wang's five thousand light cavalry. Even if the battle is defeated, the five thousand light cavalry will not be wiped out. At least some of the cavalry must escape and report back. Governor Wang's bravery is unparalleled. At this moment,
We must be protecting His Majesty and are dealing with the main force of the Tatars. These Tatars in front of us have come back to block us, preventing us from going over to support them!"
Neither of the two commander-in-chiefs believed that the emperor was dead, and everyone took a chance and immediately went to appease the impetuous soldiers.
Alsuborot had already sent troops to feign an attack. The Ming army's formation was a little flustered, but it quickly calmed down. Seeing that he could not find any chance, he was not in a hurry to attack, and just stayed there to prevent the Ming army from moving.
The confrontation lasted for a while, and it was almost evening.
Balsborough returned from the battle and took his already exhausted cavalry to join his brother.
At this point, there were about 25,000 Mongolian cavalry, blocking the Ming army one after another. Although the Ming army had 40,000 infantry and thousands of civilians, they did not dare to act easily. Even though they knew that the emperor might be in danger, they did not
Unable to advance even half a minute - it was almost dark. Marching in front of more than 20,000 cavalry was tantamount to asking for death.
That night, the Ming army generals quarreled endlessly.
Zhang Yong, Jiang Bin and other close associates of the emperor ordered the generals to advance tomorrow. However, the generals insisted on guarding the formation and waited for Wang Yuan and Zhu Houzhao to return with their troops to join them.
After arguing for a long time, both parties broke up unhappy and went back to prepare for the enemy's night attack.
There was indeed a night attack, and the Tatars launched a sneak attack in the middle of the night, but it only caused chaos, and hundreds of people were killed and injured on both sides.
It was already the next morning when the two close men from the Leopard Room arrived.
The Tatars were harassing the Ming army's formation, and there were many cavalry scattered around the perimeter, making it impossible for the two Leopard Fang cronies to get close to them.
"Woo! Woo! Woo!"
One person blew the horn, the other took out a flag, and kept running away as the Mongolian cavalry chased them.
All generals have telescopes, so take them out immediately to observe, otherwise they will not be able to see clearly if they are too far away.
"It's His Majesty's Yellow Dragon Flag!" Zhang Yong shouted happily.
The flags of the Ming Dynasty are not as complicated as modern flags, and they cannot express much content.
The five-color flags represent the five armies respectively, and are used to direct the advance and retreat of each army. Other than that, there are no other tricks.
I saw that while the horse was galloping, the flag-bearer used the yellow dragon flag as a cloak and tied it to his body. He also took out two flags, white and black, and kept waving his arms forward, raising them up and continuing to press forward.
Wang Xun understood clearly: "Your Majesty is in the northwest."
Zhang Xian frowned and said, "The northwest is full of mountains. Are your Majesty and Governor Wang in the mountains?"
Zhu Zhen clapped his hands and said, "It must be so. Your Majesty and Governor Wang were trapped in the mountains by the main force of the enemy army, so we didn't see any broken troops come back."
Jiang Bin said anxiously: "Rescue Your Majesty immediately!"
The generals looked at each other and could only force themselves to send troops.
There was nothing we could do if we didn't send troops, because the whole army was pursuing them and they didn't even bring any supplies. If they were to be surrounded like this, in a few days, more than 40,000 people would all starve to death on the spot.
Fortunately, the terrain was relatively open, so the Ming army tried their best to maintain their formation and move forward little by little.
The small general cannon has a trolley, and the Fran cannon has wheels. At this moment, they all move forward and fire randomly. After firing a cannon, they immediately push the cannon forward a few steps, and the crossbowmen follow suit and fire a volley, and then stop to load and cock the gun.
The Mongolian cavalry on the periphery kept running and harassing, and occasionally launched a charge at the right moment.
After moving about two miles to the north, we could already see the outline of the mountains.
Zhang Yongyong didn't know how to fight, so he could only keep looking northwest with a telescope. Suddenly, the eunuch shouted: "There is beacon smoke, I saw beacon smoke!"
The generals looked up, and there seemed to be smoke, but it was not clear.
So they all picked up their telescopes, and sure enough they could see a little smoke. Zhang Xi said: "It seems that His Majesty is still ten miles away."
"It's not far away either." Zhu Zhen was overjoyed.
The army moved another half mile to the northwest. Suddenly, scattered Mongolian cavalry rushed towards them, and they were all in a panic.
Brothers Bals and Arsu were shocked and rushed over to ask: "Why are you here? Where is the Great Khan?"
The Mongolian cavalry responded in panic: "The Great Khan died in battle!"
The two brothers looked at each other, and Balsbroat suddenly said: "Fourth brother, I'm leaving first!"
Alsuborot was stunned, and immediately asked someone to blow the horn to withdraw the troops.
Balsbrot is the deputy khan of Mongolia and has half of the entire Mongolian army. Now that Dayan Khan is dead, the life and death of his successor Bu Chi is unknown. This guy wants to return to the grassland immediately to inherit the throne of Khan.
Go over to rescue friendly forces?
Save the shit!
Balsboro, he wished that his nephew would die in the rebellion. If he went to rescue him now, what would he do if he really rescued his nephew? It would be embarrassing for the uncle and nephew to go back and fight for the throne.
In Bals' opinion, it was best for all the friendly forces in the mountains to die. Those were all left-wing Mongolian tribes, and they were all stumbling blocks in his fight for the Khan position. If all of them could be killed by the Ming army, no one would dare to object if he went back and proclaimed himself Khan.
As for Alsuborot, he has already guessed what the third brother is thinking. He does not dare to stay here for a long time. He must return to the tribe as soon as possible and take the opportunity to occupy the pastures of other tribes. After expanding his power, he can make the third brother the Great Khan.
You can look for opportunities to sweat profusely by yourself. The specific operation will depend on the situation.
The Ming Dynasty generals were stunned, thinking that the enemy was pretending to be defeated again.
It was not until the brothers Bars and Arsu disappeared without a trace, and more and more Mongolian troops fled from the mountains, that everyone believed that the Mongol Tatars were really fleeing.
Zhang Yong drew his sword and said: "The whole army is out, hurry up and rescue your majesty."
The generals were full of dissatisfaction over this, but they even rescued a hammer, which was obviously the emperor's side winning the battle.