The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"My lord, do you think this tartar is sick! He doesn't come here on weekdays, so he has to pick up the cold winter weather to grab things. It's been two hundred years, and it's still the same!" Wang Degui put his hands in his sleeves , squatting beside Zhang Fan, crouching his head and looking at the Tartars walking on the wall of Fan County from time to time, complaining.Now his injuries are mostly healed, when Zhang Fan asked him to go back, he insisted on staying.

"The Tartars make a living by grazing. As soon as winter comes, they run out of food, so they will naturally come to rob." Zhang Fan was also watching the movement on the city wall, but he was a little careless. Those who are rich and powerful, knowing the situation here, naturally want to come here to ask for some benefits."

"Damn, these dead Tartars!" Wang Degui spat forward angrily, as if he wanted to smash the Tartars on the city wall to death, but he fell to the ground before a foot away. After looking at it, I turned my head unwillingly.

Zhang Fan and the others have been here for a day, and there is still no movement in the city.When the Tartars saw that the Ming army was aided by a large army, they even retreated into the city without any movement.

The more than 2 troops under the city have been deployed, and more than 1 people are left guarding around Fan County.The Tartars didn't know where the other 1 people went, but the battles of the previous few days seemed to have frightened them, and there was no sign of daring to leave the city.Because the people of Datong fled quickly this time, the Tartars did not loot much food, and Fanxian County, a small county with only a few thousand people, obviously did not have much food in it, and it could withstand the use of [-] soldiers of the Tartars. Spend!

Looking from a height, there was no movement in the city.Tatars roamed the streets in twos and threes, and the old Tatar horsemen seemed listless now.And here in the camp of the Ming army that surrounded them was another scene.There was a large army guarding the front, and in the camp behind, a bonfire was lit on the snow, and there was a big pot with meat cooked in it. From time to time, soldiers from the Ming army came to fill a bowl of fragrant broth.Although alcohol is not allowed in the army, the soldiers still look happy when they can have a bowl of broth with lard in this cold winter weather.

It's like going out for a spring outing here, and the tartars in the city are not feeling well.Especially the Tartars who were patrolling the city, the pawns were not as secure as those generals, and it was even more uncomfortable to see the soldiers of the Ming army eating and drinking. The faint smell of meat and meat came over, which was even more unbearable.When those patrolling Tartar soldiers go back and talk to their companions, the fun will be great.The Tartars eat meat all year round, and now tens of thousands of people are trapped in this small county, and the fire is almost broken, while the soldiers of the Ming army on the opposite side are eating and drinking there, how can it make people feel better .What's more, I came to rob, but now I have fallen into this field, I can't hold it anymore, and I challenged my leader one after another.

And these little leaders of the Tartars also lived a life similar to these soldiers, and they felt uncomfortable for a long time, and they couldn't sit still when they were provoked by their subordinates.However, these little chiefs are just low-level officers, and it is not their decision whether to send troops or not.So I continued to ask the people above for an explanation.

And those senior generals were more moist. They fought lazily, thinking that if they lasted for a while, the Ming army would naturally retreat; they didn't want to fight either. It's not life-threatening, and everyone is well-trained, so they can't be defeated easily.What made the senior Tartar generals even more frightening was that the 5000 cavalry under the general known as Qi Behead in the Ming Dynasty were extremely powerful, and everyone had muskets in their hands.For those Tazi soldiers who went to battle, they were all desperate characters, and it didn't matter how many comrades died.And those Tartar generals who were watching the battle from outside the formation were terrified. They rushed face to face, and before they met the Ming army on horseback, they fell thousands of people on their side.After a big battle, I don't know if the Ming army took advantage of the territory or what, but few people died.On the Tartar side, however, there were corpses lying all over the snow. When they came, there were nearly 3 troops, and suddenly they were less than [-].The leading general Zarlie, who was almost frightened, immediately ordered to withdraw his troops, and finally huddled in this small Fanxian County.It's ridiculous that Zarlie didn't read military books, and didn't know that the morale of his soldiers was not weakened, so he retreated rashly, breaking the taboo of military strategists.

In fact, it was Zarlie's bad luck. Although the three thousand subordinates brought by Qi Jiguang were all good at fighting and killed countless Japanese pirates, they turned out to be infantry.Why did the Tartars make such a fuss this time? Emperor Longqing Zhu Zaihou, who had just taken the throne not long ago, was very angry, and the consequences were serious.The direct consequence was that the imperial decree Qi Jiguang received read: [-] Qi's troops would go straight to Datong and Jizhou to wipe out the Tartars who invaded the south, and no one should be let go.

Now Zarlie has regretted it a long time ago. In his 40s, he seems to have aged several decades. He sits in the middle hall of a large family in Fan County like a sixty-year-old man, frowning, as if even the kumiss in front of him is gone. Tasteless and mediocre.He regretted that he shouldn't have retreated to Fan County, but don't get me wrong, he didn't want to fight the Ming army, but regretted that he should have retreated directly to the grassland.Now trapped in this small county town, there is not much food and grass, although it does not affect him, but the soldiers under him have already complained, how could he not know!The Ming army outside the city was still paying attention to the situation in the city, and it seemed that reinforcements had arrived from the scouts.Although the more than 1 Ming soldiers who came the day before yesterday disappeared after only staying for less than a day, how could Zarlie feel relieved.What disturbed him the most was that the eagle who delivered the military order to Baals hadn't been here since four days ago. Could it be that something happened there?

Just when these problems disturbed Zarlie's peace, those generals who were urged by his subordinates also came to him!

"What are you talking about! Please fight out of the city!" Zarlie almost went crazy after hearing the words of his generals!Now all he can think about is how to retreat back to the grassland, these guys actually want to fight!Don't they know that the strongest army in Ming Dynasty is stationed outside the city!

Several generals looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, a man who looked quite old stood up and said: "General, we don't want to either. We are really forced to do nothing! All the soldiers are clamoring to fight. The people under my command also said the same thing. Those soldiers seem to be unable to hold on anymore, they would rather die!" A general said with a sad face.The other generals had the same look on their faces.

"Die, die, you know you're dead. There's no use in dying." Zarlie also broke out, throwing the bowl of kumiss on the table, and roaring, "Besides, we're all dead. How can we go back and think about Bals? General, tell me!" Zarlie is not afraid of death, but he really admires Bals, after all, if it weren't for Bals, he wouldn't be where he is today!If something happened to these 3 horses, then Bals would definitely be made things difficult by those Mongolian nobles who had had a private enmity with him for many years when he returned to Ida, and he would be regarded as harming Bals by then!It's just that Zarlie still doesn't know that his most admired General Barrs has returned to the embrace of Longevity Heaven.

"My lord, will the general have a military order sent recently?" A general below asked.

"There has been no military order for four days!" Speaking of this, Zarlie also let out a long sigh, "I don't know what happened to the general, it must be that the war in the west is tight. I sent back a few days ago and there is no news Respond."

"Could it be..." Someone among the generals below thought of something!

"Bastard, don't guess." Zarlie's complexion also changed, but he still forced himself to be calm and said, "The general is brave and good at fighting, and with the protection of the Longevity Heaven, nothing will happen."

"This subordinate should be damned." The general said hurriedly when he knew the relationship between Zarlie and Bals.

In fact, it's not that Zarlie has never considered the possibility of Bals' life and death, but the blind worship of Bals in his heart has suppressed this thought in his heart.

"So, General, what should we do?" asked one of the generals.

Zars thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind. He slapped the table heavily, stood up and said, "I have made up my mind. Tomorrow, I will break out from the west gate where the Ming army's defense is weakest, follow the Great Wall to the east of Hetao, and follow the Yellow River." Withdraw from the main tent of General Barrs. If the Ming army comes after us, our Tatar army of [-] will wipe them out, and we will be ashamed of today. May Longevity bless you!"

"No! May Longevity bless you!" The generals below responded in a loud voice.

It's just that they didn't realize that Barth's body had already been decapitated, and the Tartars who had invaded Shaanxi had also been wiped out long ago.And their retreat this time is exactly in the hands of Qi Jiguang's strategy.Maybe their longevity gods have lost their power long ago!