Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 848 The Battle of Monan (Eight) The iron will be given for nothing
Xin Ai witnessed the whole process of Namur's defeat and capture.

Unlike Boerha Rabbit's situation, Xin Ai did not yell at Namur as a "trash" because of his failure. Xin Ai is also a veteran who has fought for 40 years. How can he not see that Namur has tried his best?
Namur's defeat was not only due to his personal force limiting his tactics, but also due to his lack of combat experience and hesitation before the battle.

The so-called strategy, this kind of thing is often only convenient to use before the battle, and there are many fewer strategies that can be used during the battle, because time does not allow, no matter how good you have an idea, if you don't have time to arrange and display it, it will be too late.

Therefore, the real famous generals on the battlefield are the kind of people who have a deep understanding of the strength of their troops, and can judge as quickly as possible that they can make certain adjustments within a certain period of time, make decisions and execute them immediately.

Just like Qi Jiguang, who is such an awesome character, he almost lost the first battle in his life. The reason is that he never thought that the soldiers he led at that time could be so weak. The opponent had just launched an attack. They just rushed away.If he hadn't shot dead the leader of the Japanese pirates with one arrow by relying on his tyrannical personal force, I'm afraid there would be no such famous general as Qi Shaobao in the world.

The 6000 men under Chataiji were all old soldiers he led. He knew exactly what kind of strength they had and how far they could do it, so he dared to change the direction of attack suddenly, and he dared to lead them directly to cut off the enemy. The "snake body" of Muir's department.

On the other hand, Namur didn't know enough about his own strength and wasn't confident enough, and he hesitated before the battle. If he wasn't defeated, then who would lose?

In fact, this is not a big problem, Xin Ai thinks that Namur's performance is already good - at least he can force Chataiji to do "fake moves", can't he?Such a child can become a famous player if he is given more opportunities to exercise.

It's a pity... maybe there won't be another chance.

Because the main force of the west sentry of Dachengtai Jibu had already appeared ten miles away, and Xin Ai squinted his eyes and saw a flag that made his heart chill even more—the flag of Alda's Royal Guard Army.

The Great Khan is dead, and there is only one person in the world who can send the royal court guards, and that is Zhong Jinhatun.

When Xin Ai was discussing with the scholars before, she already felt that it might be difficult for her to win over Zhong Jinhatun, but she did not expect that Zhongjinhatun would unite with Dacheng Taiji so soon.

When he heard Turigen's report on the enemy's strength before, he still thankfully thought that Zhong Jinhatun hadn't made a move, and was still waiting and watching the result in Guihua City.

Who knows...it's over.

Unless Tumen Khan suddenly appeared now, there was no chance of winning this battle. Even if all the "Four Heroes" and "Four Dogs" of Genghis Khan's time were resurrected to help him, this battle would not be won.

Chataiji's siege has hardly been effectively contained. Xin Ai gathered less than 2 people in total, and removed the more than [-] people who were taken away by Boerha Rabbit and Namur. Now Xin Ai There are no more than [-] warriors around.

Fifteen thousand elite cavalry are a considerable force wherever they are placed, but the enemies they are facing now are too strong: the main force of the west sentry of Dacheng Taiji, the main force of the Wangting Guard, and the main force of Chataiji. Six thousand fine cavalry, and more than ten thousand fine cavalry from the rest of the ministries...

The opponent has at least four times the strength advantage of his own, and he is not the Ming army, so he can rely on a strong city and is good at defending the city.

Are you going to run away?

Such a question popped up in Xin Ai's mind.

He had thought about this question before, but it was rejected. The reason was that if he fled without fighting, he might be looked down upon by Tumen Khan. I can only lie down under the seat of Tumen Khan, and do my duty as a little Khan of Tumet Wanhu.

This is of course not what Xin Ai wanted. The reason why Xin Ai had a disagreement with his father, I Da, was that he thought that I Da had such great strength, but he only wanted to reconcile with Daming, and he even did not hesitate to pay tribute to Da Ming. Sending him to another party, while investigating and tempering, is also forcing him to repent.

But Xin Ai didn't have the heart of "repentance" until I Da passed away, which shows her ambition and toughness.

Of course, Xin Ai's hatred for Ming Ting is also related to an old incident, um... this incident even involves a cuckold.

That incident started from Shahukou, which was called Shenhekou in ancient times, Bailangguan in Tang Dynasty, and Yalangguan in Song Dynasty.In order to resist the invasion of the Mongol Wacha to the south, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to fight from this mouth many times, so it was named "Shahukou".

Shahukou and Youyucheng, as military fortresses, have been in constant war since ancient times, especially during the Zhengtong to Jiajing years of the Ming Dynasty, they were captured by the Mongolian army many times.However, in a war in the 36th year of Jiajing, it was rare for the defenders to fight alone and stick to Youyu City for eight months without any support.

The cause of this war lies in the "Taosongzhai Incident".

Tao Songzhai is the concubine of Altan Khan's son Xin Ai. She fooled around with a leader of Xin Ai's subordinates and fled to Daming in a hurry after being discovered.Yang Shun, the governor of Datong at that time, sent him to the capital to ask for a reward.

For this reason, Xin Ai led his troops to attack and kill Hukou, and then surrounded Youyu City.Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Shun regretted not taking Taosongzhai in, so he lied to the court, saying that the Mongolian Xinai Ministry was willing to exchange Taosongzhai with the Han people who ran over after the failure of the Bailian Sect rebellion.

When Emperor Jiajing heard that he could take down the remnants of Bailian, he agreed to release Taosong Village.When Taosongzhai was sent back, he was executed by Xin Ai on the spot, but the accident still happened.

Xin Ai's lingering anger persisted, instead of retreating, she strengthened her troops. While attacking Youyu City, she also launched an attack on the Great Wall around Datong and Xuanfu.

After the Mongolian soldiers repeatedly attacked, the soldiers and civilians of Youyu City fought bloody battles. After the general Youyu was killed in battle, a general surnamed Shang Mingbiao who was resting at home volunteered to command the defense of Youyu.Under extremely difficult circumstances, in addition to repelling the enemy's attack, he also seized favorable opportunities to attack the enemy camp many times.

From September to April of the following year, although Youyu City was not captured, the soldiers and civilians in the city were almost out of food, and the cattle, horses and other livestock that could satisfy their hunger were also eaten up.

At this extremely critical time, the Ming court sent Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, to lead an army to break the siege of Youyu.The Mongolian soldiers saw that Youyu City was really difficult to capture, and the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty were approaching, so they had to lift the siege of Youyu City and withdraw from the Great Wall from Shahukou.

After this battle, Xin Ai has always been very dissatisfied with Daming, thinking that Daming's protection of the woman who damaged his reputation is an extreme contempt for him.

In fact, Daming also has troubles that cannot be explained. The border ministers deceived the central government. It is not appropriate to show this kind of family scandal, so he had to carry this blame all the time.

Later, when Han Naji was brought to light, there were still many people in the court who refused to believe it, and even refused to accept it after believing it. In the end, it was Gao Gong who presided over it to settle the matter. This is the background reason. inside.

Now, Xin Ai, who has been tough all her life, has to decide on a scandal that he would not even consider at ordinary times—run away.

In fact, despite the fact that the Mongols often claim to be brave and descendants of Genghis Khan, fleeing does not put much psychological pressure on them.Just like the common tactics of the Mongols, my temporary retreat does not mean that I have surrendered, and sooner or later I will come back to find my place again.

Xin Ai's kind of attitude is actually an abnormal state of mind caused by the past events of the year.

But no matter how abnormal he is, he has to consider the reality. In the current situation, fighting hard is basically death.

The famous sayings of later generations teach us: Hesitating will lead to defeat, and the first iron will be given in vain.

Of course, Xin Ai has never heard of this sentence, but it does not mean that he does not understand this truth.

Therefore, in the face of the unfavorable situation where the army of Dacheng Taiji's army was overwhelming and his own troops could not gather smoothly, Xin Ai Huang Taiji, who had been tough all his life, resisted the heartache like blood in his heart, and issued an order for his sons and subordinates. All stunned orders.

"Concentrate the gathered troops, retreat eastward immediately, and find Tumen Dahan who came to support us!"

(End of this chapter)