Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1633 Northern Expedition ([-])
At the same moment, the defenders of the Ming, Manchu and Mongolian allied forces in the outer circle had just sent people into the inner circle, and came to the central army through the ignorant Ye He garrison. Xiao Ruxun and Ma Chengxun, who were also urgently awakened, had already arrived at the big tent. In the middle, each of them adjusted their military uniforms and received the visitors.

There were originally ten visitors, and the leader came to see him.This man is less than thirty years old, with a dignified look and firm eyes. He wears a dark brown suit with no pattern, and there are two crossed swords embroidered on his left chest. : Guard cavalry of Jinghua Liaodong Iron Works.On the upper arm of his left sleeve, he pinned an armband with a letter "One Zero Three Four One".

Xiao Ruxun and Ma Chengxun, as high-level direct generals, are very familiar with various servants of Jinghua. They know that the coat of arms on this person's left chest indicates his "unit" and his serial number is written on the armband.

However, this alone cannot confirm his identity, so this person went up to visit and immediately said: "I have seen Xiao Zongrong and Ma Canrong, the small Jinghua Liaodong Iron Works Mine Guard Team rides Ding Wangpingshan, number [-] One, please check the badges, both of you." After speaking, he handed out a delicate steel waist badge with both hands.

Xiao Ruxun motioned for his guard to take the badge and check it. It was a half-finger-thick steel plate with Jinghua's complete book and sword logo engraved on the front, and two lines of vertical characters written on the back: "One Zero Three Four One" and "Three Rivers Wang Pingshan".

Sanhe is a county under the capital's Shuntian Prefecture, and writing here means that Wang Pingshan is from Sanhe.Although Xiao Ruxun and Ma Chengxun were not from the capital, they could definitely hear the accent of the capital, so they glanced at each other and recognized Wang Pingshan's identity.

Xiao Ruxun asked: "Wang Huqi came here to work hard. I heard that you have something urgent to report. I don't know why it is urgent?"

Wang Pingshan carefully took out a small oil-paper bag from his arms and handed it over, and replied: "Our factory's Fuxin Development Station received a letter from Cao Zongrong Feige of Ji Town, saying that Chahar's army has returned to the east, and the details are in Among them, please take a look at Zong Rong and Shen Rong."

Both Xiao Ruxun and Ma Chengxun were taken aback. When they first dispatched troops earlier, they were afraid that the Tumen would appear from somewhere, but after dealing with Abadai Saiyinhan for a long time, they realized that the Tumen were not there at all. Now they have almost forgotten about the Tumen. However, they really might show up at any time, which is really bad luck.

unlucky?More than bad luck!

The two couldn't help but gasp after reading Feige's biography: Calculated according to the time when the Chahar Mongolian army left and their footsteps, they may have arrived near their own army's garrison by now!

Xiao Ruxun didn't say a word, and immediately ordered four additional sentries to go out to patrol the camp at night, and called on the sentries of Jinghua Cavaliers to go out. The reason is that they have Jinghua's specially equipped signal flares, which have the best warning effect at night.

Ma Chengxun didn't dare to be negligent, and went down to inform the headquarters of the Chinese army to prepare for battle, but he was allowed to rest in clothes.

Xiao Ruxun took advantage of this pause to ask Wang Pingshan a doubt: Since Cao Zongrong has used Jinghua's Feige to deliver the letter, why is the news delayed so far?

Wang Pingshan explained with some embarrassment that the letter was originally passed on to Fuxin, but there was no rider in Fuxin, so he had to send someone to Guangning temporarily.On the way to Guangning, it happened that his group was escorting a batch of supplies to Fuxin, so after the two people discussed, he led the team to search for it.

In fact, his team was not the only one that went out, but a total of twelve teams. Everyone copied a copy of the original text of Feige Biography and took it with them. It was just that his team happened to find a lot of horse manure, and then used it to find It's just the position of the army.

In the vast grassland, there are only more than 100 people in twelve teams. It is a blessing in misfortune to find the Ming-Manchu-Mongolian coalition army.

Before Xiao Ruxun had time to feel emotional, he suddenly noticed a bright red light flashing outside the tent, and he just froze for a moment before hearing a scream of "咻——".

Wang Pingshan stood up straight suddenly, and reminded him very quickly: "Xiao Zongrong, this is the enemy signal flare of Jinghua Cavalry, and there are a large number of enemy troops nearby!"

"Order the entire army, the enemy will attack... No! Order the entire army, it means that the sentry has found the enemy approaching, and all departments are ready to meet the enemy, but all armies are not allowed to attack without orders. Those who violate the order will follow the military law!"

As soon as the orderer answered and wanted to leave, Xiao Ruxun suddenly added: "Wait a minute, order the troops in the outer circle to fight the enemy on foot, gather their horses and lead them to the inner circle on the southern line. Do it immediately, there must be no mistakes!"

The Ming, Manchu and Mongolian allied forces moved immediately, while Abadai Saiyin Khan, a member of the Mongolian allied army in the east, was yelling: "So what if we find this group of things that can't urinate!"

There are very few words specifically used to swear in ancient Mongolian, and from a traditional point of view, Mongolians may have a different understanding of the act of "swearing" than Han people.Basically, the insults of the Mongolians seldom contain the words of insulting relatives or certain organs.

Generally speaking, when the situation is not serious, focus on sarcasm and talk about the other party's shortcomings.It's not because of quality, but because the humiliator is a way to improve his tongue skills, similar to Zhuge Liang scolding Wang Lang.

When the situation is serious, they will compare each other to livestock.If the other party is stupid, he will call the other party a cow; if the other party is stubborn, he will call the other party a donkey; if the other party is cruel, he will compare the other party to a wild animal;

Of course, it is not always possible to use metaphors, and it is also possible to directly state the shortcomings of the other party, such as stupid, stupid, stubborn, crazy, cunning, etc.Generally speaking, once it is time to use such words directly, it means that the situation is already very serious.

Sometimes it will target the other party's family lineage or the other party's own lineage.For example, calling someone the son or daughter of a thief; implying that the other party’s mother was conceived by a thief at home.There are also swearing directly is stealing from the family, which are all swear words that insult the honor of the other family (blood).

If the situation reaches the level of hands-on, the Mongols will magnify their move: curse!For example, the other party will be condemned by God, that the other party will bleed to death from seven orifices, that the other party will have no offspring, that the other party's cattle and sheep will be plagued, and so on.Especially the last one is almost the most miserable situation for the traditional nomadic life.

However, the sentence Abadai Saiyin Khan scolded is relatively rare. In fact, he was "infected" by the Chinese dialect. He actually scolded people as "no peeing" or "coward".As for why it became "can't urinate", it may be because the translated words were misleading during the dissemination process.

Tumen Da Khan was very calm as a Da Khan. He rode his horse and commanded the horse, and ordered: "Aba Dai, you are the vanguard of this Khan. You can send someone to test it out and see what the Han people are going to do. Remember, Don't charge forward, try to return, and withdraw quickly."

Although Abadai Saiyin Khan's political level is not very good, and his mouth is very fierce, but he is actually very cautious in military affairs, otherwise it would be difficult for him to maintain a little bit of victory after fighting alone on the Eastern Front for so long Advantage.

He was very satisfied after hearing Tumen Khan's words. Although it is not a good job to be instructed to be a pioneer, it is a consistent Mongolian tradition. And the Ministry of Outer Khalkha as cannon fodder.

Abadai Saiyin Khan personally led the troops forward as the vanguard. The specific command was based on the habits of the Mongols. Tumen Khan didn't ask questions. He turned his head slightly to look at Brihatu and sighed. : "It seems that you guessed it right. Those Jinghua knights really came to report. But why did they send the message so quickly?"

Buri Hatu thought for a while, and said: "During the Liao and Jin Dynasties, there were people who sent Haidongqing in the northern part of our country, and the method of flying pigeons to send letters has long been known in the Southern Dynasties. Since ancient times, Haidongqing was hard to find and pigeons were easy to raise. With Jinghua's financial resources, it must be easy to domesticate some pigeons."

However, he didn't get entangled in this matter, but changed the subject with a worried face, and said in a deep voice: "Khan, tonight's battle... I'm afraid it won't be easy."

Tumen sweated profusely and frowned: "Why did you see it?" Having said that, what Tumen really wanted to say was not how to see it, but "Didn't you come to fight this battle?"

Brihatu sighed softly, shook his head and said: "The reason why I proposed a sneak attack at dawn is because it is difficult to use this place, that is, once our army succeeds in a sneak attack, Xiao Ruxun and others will have no escape, and tens of thousands of troops are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. So , Our army conceals the conflict, there must be bloodshed, and it is expected to win a shocking victory.

However, the opponent not only took precautions, but also—" He pointed to the outer circle of the Ming army, and said: "Khan, please look, the Ming army used to be cavalry, but now the Khan sees cavalry in his eyes?They have turned their horses into steps and have already begun to form formations. This is to use their best defense to offset our army's charge.

If what I expected is correct, by the time Abadai's troops come forward, the Ming army may have already arranged the troublesome bayonet hollow phalanx, so it will be too difficult for our army to charge and kill smoothly. "

Hearing the Ming army's bayonet hollow phalanx, Tumen sweated profusely, his scalp tightened, and he was silent for a while before saying, "Then... in your opinion?"

Brihatu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, his eyes flickered, and said: "I, the Chahar headquarters, must be cautious. Whether we attack or not, we may wish to see the effect of the test of the Outer Khalkha Division. In addition... the Outer Khalkha Division must Don't launch a charge, it depends on how the Great Khan views Abadai."

"What do you mean by that?" Tumen Khan immediately asked, feeling that there was something in his words.

Brihatu was silent for a while, and then sighed softly: "The Great Khan thinks Abadai is still loyal?"

Tumen frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "In good times, one can obey orders, but in adversity, it's hard to say."

"What if he loses half of his troops tonight?" Brihatu's face regained his usual calmness, and even vaguely shrouded in a layer of chill, he said coldly: "Now Waikalkha has about [-]% of my Chahar. In terms of strength, Abadai’s rule in Waikalkha is justified, deeply rooted, and cannot be easily shaken. But if he only has [-]-[-]% of my strength in Chahar after tonight, is it possible that he will not obey the orders of the Great Khan?”

"If that's the case, he will naturally be more afraid of Ben Khan, but if he throws Hannaji, wouldn't Ben Khan be beaten?" Tumen couldn't help shaking his head.

But Brihatu also shook his head, and said: "That's not going to happen. Dahan, if Abadai loses more than [-] troops today, he has a big enmity with the Ming court, and it is impossible to resolve it unless it is absolutely necessary. , even if it is to be solved, it will take at least ten years, otherwise how will he convince the Taiji and generals of the various ministries of Wai Khalkha?"

Tumen hesitated profusely. After a while, he shook his head slightly and said, "Let's take a look first, let's talk about it later."

It seemed that Brihatu was really just making a suggestion, and he didn't persuade much. He nodded, pouted his lips forward, and said, "We're going to fight." Tumen nodded, but didn't speak any more.

Sure enough, the front is about to fight.The Mongolian army of the Outer Khalkha tribe under the command of Abadai Saiyin Khan has relatively good morale due to the recent battle relatively smoothly. Although facing the famous bayonet hollow phalanx, they are not afraid at all. Also, although the bayonet hollow phalanx has been well-known in the past few years and its menacing power has spread all over the Great Wall, the Waikalkha tribe has never suffered a disadvantage, so naturally it is less awe-inspiring.

Surprisingly, the morale of the Ming army was also good.In particular, this battle was on the eastern front of the Ming army. This line was formed by the Jinghua cavalry abandoning their horses. Serious losses are not easy to explain with a high level of pragmatism-so the Jinghua cavalry are not afraid of the Mongolian army at all.

Another reason is that many Jinghua cavaliers have "upgraded" from the infantry because of their outstanding performance. It is no problem for them to switch to infantry, and they even have more confidence. Naturally, they don't panic at all. , and even a little eager to try.

The only thing that made the cavalry a little dissatisfied was that the dispatch of troops did not consider the possibility of a positional battle, so they did not carry artillery, which made the cavalry feel that their lineup was a bit incomplete.Otherwise, at this moment when the opponent's cavalry began to slowly approach and was about to speed up, they should be covered by one or two rounds of artillery fire first.

The bayonet hollow squares were not lined up in a single line. At this time, they were actually arranged in eight hollow squares, with 500 people in each square, and they were arranged in two staggered rows, with four squares in each row.Abadai Saiyin Khan first sent [-] cavalry to test, using traditional scattering.

This approach has little effect on the Jinghua cavalry, because although the lances in their hands are broken than the barrels of the rifle Wanli Type 20, the effective shooting distance is only eight feet away, which is more than 20 meters, which is exactly the same as that of the Mongolian cavalry. Bows have about the same effective range.In this way, you shoot arrows and I shoot, and in the end, because they are all "sniping" at the longest distance, the results are very few - each side has less than [-] casualties.

This is quite interesting. Because of the small population of the Mongols, Abadai Saiyin Khan felt that he had lost money; it was not easy for Jinghua to train cavaliers, and he also felt that it was not worthwhile to lose more than a dozen in one wave.

Therefore, Abadai Saiyin Khan decided not to test it, and rushed directly to the formation, intending to try how good the famous bayonet hollow phalanx is.

Perhaps it was because Chaohua was captured in the battle back then that made him a little uneasy. Abadai Saiyin Khan did not lead the troops to charge the battle in person, but he held up behind the battle and ordered the whole army to assemble and launch an attack.
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