"Your Majesty, the food route has been cut off!" Gu Dayong ran in in a panic.
Zhu Houzhao was shocked: "Tell me carefully."
Gu Dayong lay on the ground and said in fear: "I don't know, the commander-in-chief of Ji Town, Ma Yong, is outside."
"What's the use of you?" Zhu Houzhao kicked Gu Dayong over and shouted, "Xuan Mayong, come in!"
Ma Yong, wearing armor all over, strode into the room, knelt on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, thousands of Yan Guard cavalry are marching from Laoha River Guard to Huizhou. Although they cannot capture Huizhou City, they can massacre and resettle them.
The Han people (rescued serfs) outside the city also attacked two groups of auxiliary troops transporting grain!"
Laohahewei, later known as Jianping County, was originally affiliated with Daningwei. After Daningwei was abolished, Laohahewei was established. Later, the guardhouse was also abandoned, and Duoyanwei simply acquiesced in occupying this place.
Zhu Houzhao asked: "Why are the enemy troops running so fast?"
Ma Yong explained: "Maybe when our army was building siege equipment, these enemy cavalry had already set off. They were bluffing every day just to delay time."
Zhu Houzhao asked again: "Where are Wang Xun's Liaodong soldiers?"
"Still sweeping Yingzhou." Ma Yong replied.
Strictly speaking, this Northern Expedition should be divided into three groups.
However, due to time constraints, except for Xiao Di's troops on the east and west routes of Liao and the hundreds of southern Liao cavalry brought by Yuan Da, the other Liaodong troops were delayed for a month - delivering military orders, assembling troops, and preparing food and grass.
needs time.
Wang Xun, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, is currently raiding Yingzhou.
Yingzhou originally belonged to the Tainingwei territory, but as the Duoyanwei continued to expand, the Tainingwei tribe on the border of Yingzhou was either annexed or driven away, and actually fell under the rule of the Duoyanwei.
Wang Xun is also responsible for the places where the enemy cavalry passes behind, but they haven't hit there yet.
The grain road in the middle was cut off, and Wang Xun had to carry a big pot!
Zhu Houzhao was still thinking about countermeasures, and Ma Yong said again: "Your Majesty, can our 60,000-strong army's grain reserves last for more than a month? There is enough time to open up the grain channels."
"Tell me how to solve it?" Zhu Houzhao asked hurriedly.
Ma Yong said: "Da Ning needs to divide its troops. We cannot all fight back. One part will stay in Daning to guard against the enemy's detour and come back; the other part will go south to Huizhou to drive away the enemy's food-starved troops. In addition, please send an order to the King of Liaodong."
Commander-in-Chief, ask him to immediately lead his troops to Huizhou to attack and destroy these enemy cavalry who are out of food."
Zhu Houzhao said without hesitation: "I will do as you say. You lead 30,000 soldiers south, and you must drive away those barbarians!"
Zhu Houzhao was already angry? Now he was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.
Not only did the Duoyan Guards escape all the way, but they also dared to divide their troops and block the food route. Moreover, the location they chose was very tricky. Once Huizhou City was cut off, even Wang Yuan's East Road Combat Zone would not be able to transport the food -
You have to walk around the grassland in a big circle.
Wang Xun from the East Road Combat Area was so frightened that he felt cold all over after receiving the news.
The emperor's food route was cut off? The enemy troops still passed under his nose. If something happened, they could confiscate his family and exterminate his family!
At that moment, Wang Xun did not care about clearing out the tribes in Yingzhou and immediately sent his troops towards Huizhou.
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"Captain, another soldier escaped at night." Hu Erchi said with an ugly look on his face.
Azamuli, however, had a calm face: "Is it inevitable? Someone will definitely run away. Give them more food, and kill a few more disobedient Liwei? You can go back after this month. The Ming Emperor's food road was blocked
They must return to the army. Wait until they take back the Huizhou grain road? It will already be winter by then. Can the emperor continue to advance in the winter?"
Azamuli was very talented in military affairs. It was a pity that he was the third eldest brother. His eldest brother was dead and his second brother was a hostage. He took the position at the right time and thought he could revive the glory of Uliangha. Unexpectedly, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty actually led the Northern Expedition.
Is this a slap in the face?
The foundation of the Duoyan Guard was too weak, and Azamuli's prestige was insufficient. He forcibly recruited tens of thousands of cavalry, which had already made the various tribes angry and resentful. If he hadn't thought of a way to block the food route and let the leaders of each tribe see hope, there would have been tens of thousands of cavalry at this time.
It has dispersed on its own.
Even so, during the retreat to the north, cavalrymen kept escaping quietly.
Of the more than 11,000 cavalry who appeared in Daning City, 3,000 were sent to go around the back to cut off food supplies, while the remaining 8,000 or so cavalry protected the tribesmen as they moved north.
The migration lasted only two or three days, but there were more than 1,800 riders on the way. They were all young and strong from small tribes. Seeing that there was no money to be made and no guarantee of victory, they thought of returning to their tribes to spend the winter in Azamuli.
Their life and death are none of their business.
After walking north for another day, Azamuli suddenly stopped marching and camped on the spot waiting for news that Zhu Houzhao would withdraw his troops.
Once the main force of the Ming army withdraws because the food route is cut off, Azamuli will take his tribe back to Daning. By the way, he will see if he can find an opportunity to take a few bites of Zhu Houzhao's army, or even defeat all the enemy troops.
Annihilation also captured the emperor!
Even if the Ming army left troops to garrison Daning, Azamuli could lead his troops there and surround Daning, forcing the defenders there to surrender due to lack of food.
"How is Daning?" Azamuli asked.
The sentinel reported: "Captain, the Ming cavalry is chasing us, there are thousands of them!"
Azamuli wondered: "They don't want the food road?"
"I don't know!" The sentry shook his head repeatedly.
Zhu Houzhao had become ruthless. Although his own grain road was cut off, he still asked Yuan Da to lead all the cavalry to pursue the main force of the Duoyan Guards at all costs. He also asked Ma Yong to lead 30,000 people to go south to open up the Huizhou grain road.
He led the remaining troops to garrison in Daning.
Although Azamuli had military talent, he was still hesitant and did not lead all the cavalry to surround the rear.
Zhu Houzhao's countermeasures forced Azamuli to make a desperate move. He gritted his teeth and said: "Leave five hundred riders to escort the tribe to the grassland, and all the other warriors will follow me southward!"
Five hundred miscellaneous riders protected the tribe as they headed north. They thought the grassland was safe.
Azamuli, on the other hand, with less than 6,000 cavalry, suddenly counterattacked towards Yuan Da. As soon as they engaged in the battle, Azamuli turned to the southeast and fled, attracting Yuan Da's cavalry troops to pursue him. There were all kinds of cavalry in that direction.
Plant a ravine. You can either go around Huizhou to cut off the grain road and force Zhu Houzhao's main force to withdraw, or you can see that the situation is not good and continue to flee eastward.
Because the information was unknown, Yuan Da was indeed fooled and followed Azamuli all the way, instead of attacking the Duoyanwei people from the north.
Similarly, Azamuli didn't know that Wang Yuan was around, thinking that his grassland rear was safe, and sent tens of thousands of tribesmen into Wang Yuan's tiger's mouth.
Wang Yuan swept through nearly a hundred troops, large and small, in the grassland, and the number of troops increased as he fought. He recruited more than 900 Mongolian cavalry, including old men in their fifties and sixties, as well as young men aged 12 or 13, and promised to reward these Mongolian tribes with pasture.
Among them were more than 200 young men from Mongolia who escaped from the battle. They met Wang Yuan halfway and chose to join him directly.
Mongolians are like this, fearing power but not being moral.
The Mongolian little prince took over Duoyanwei's old home, and the two sides had a bloody feud. Duoyanwei only survived because of the Ming Dynasty's relief. However, they chose to join the Mongolian little prince and turned around to constantly harass the Ming Dynasty's borders.
At this time, Wang Yuan also shocked Duoyan Wei. Most of the young Mongolian men who fled back to the grassland chose to take a detour after meeting Wang Yuan on the way. However, there were more than 200 people, regardless of their own tribes.
Regardless of their safety, Wang Yuan robbed the women of their tribe, and he came over without any psychological burden.
The sentinel rushed back and said in surprise: "Commander, we found the Duoyan Guards in front. They only have a few hundred cavalry, and the rest are all Mongolian people, and they also bring many, many livestock!"
"Kill it!"
Wang Yuan led nearly 2,000 cavalry to fight out. The 500 enemy cavalry escorting his troops made some resistance, then abandoned some of their bodies and ran away.
More than 30,000 tribesmen, more than 100,000 livestock, as well as countless grains and supplies, these were Duoyanwei's entire family assets, but they all fell into Wang Yuan's hands inexplicably.
What the hell?
Wang Yuan himself was in a daze and reluctantly accepted the gift, but where was the main force of Duoyan Guard?