I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 10
"Report, the Tartars of Dali dispatched a thousand cavalry to attack Bashanzhai." A scout of the Ming army galloped to report in front of King Li Dingguo of Jin, followed closely by a group of Ming army cavalry.

"Stop, the army rests where it is, please come over to discuss matters with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Duke Qian." Li Dingguo rode on his horse and immediately passed the general order.Several messengers immediately galloped away on horseback.

"The Tartars, the Tartars of Dali have left the city." Zhu Cixuan, who got the news, rushed to Li Dingguo's place under the escort of Mu Zhongliang, and soon Mu Tianbo and other generals also arrived.

"His Royal Highness, the King of Jin, Lord Qian, and the Tatars of Dali dispatched a thousand cavalry to attack Bashanzhai, of which [-] were Tatars, and the rest were soldiers from the Han Eight Banners. The leader of the army was Niulu Erzhenha of the Tatars. Laqi, now Dali's defenders are only [-] cavalry led by Han Sanshui, the general of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty."

Since the army crossed the Nujiang River, the Ming army sent several teams of scouts to go out to investigate. These scouts were selected elites, riding on two horses, each wearing armor, and these scouts led the way along the way.Regarding the discovery of the Tartars, the scout leader did not show the slightest fear on his face, but was full of excitement.

"How far is this place from Bashanzhai?" Zhu Cixuan asked.

"It's less than thirty miles, but it's not the same road as Dali."

Zhu Cixuan turned his head and said to Li Dingguo, "I didn't expect the Tartars to come out of Dali City, but this is good, the remaining strength of the Tartars in Dali City is only [-], which is more conducive to us taking Dali City, but these Tartars who have left the city We can't let it go, therefore, this battle must be fought, and it must be fought beautifully, the crown prince wants this one with three hundred Tartars, and the hundreds of fake Tartars and traitors who are acting as minions, all to be crowned heads."

Duke Qian Mu Tianbo stepped forward and said, "I'm afraid this group of Tartars didn't expect to meet our army here, so we can catch him by surprise. It just so happens that I am very familiar with the terrain around Bashanzhai, Your Highness the Crown Prince. , I would like to lead the troops to Bashanzhai to encircle and suppress these Tartars."

"Okay, since Duke Qian is very familiar with Bashan Village, we will divide our troops into two groups. One will be led by the King of Jin to Dali, and the other will be led by Duke Qian to Bashan Village to encircle and attack the Tartars in Bashan Village. What does King Jin think?"

"Your Highness, I think it's more appropriate for us to concentrate our superior forces to annihilate the Tatars who attacked Bashanzhai first, and then attack Dali. After all, the Tatars are very capable in field combat. After all, we only have 1 horses, so it is not suitable for dividing troops. .” Li Dingguo thought over and over again, and still put forward his own opinion.

Because he knew that a Niulu with 5000 Tartars would be able to fight against [-] Ming troops, plus hundreds of fake Tartars from Han and Eight Banners, even if he sent [-] troops, he would not be able to wipe out the thousand Tartars in one fell swoop. .

Of course, if he led 5000 troops to wipe out these Tartars, and Mu Tianbo led the army, he would have to put a big question mark in his heart.

Because if Mu Tianbo leads the army, he must be leading the 3000 troops who came out from Tengyue. These soldiers are not at all comparable to the elite of the Western Army under him. The veterans can match up with the Tartars who are full of Eight Banners one-on-one.

However, the 3000 troops led by Mu Tianbo suffered consecutive defeats when they fought against the Tartars. Although it may displease His Royal Highness, he still has to say it because the Ming army cannot afford to be defeated.

Zhu Cixuan was taken aback when he heard Li Dingguo's words. The Tartars are powerful, and we only have 1 horses, so it is not suitable to divide our troops.Zhu Cixuan put Li Dingguo's words aside in his mind, and slowly figured out that Li Dingguo was afraid that Mu Tianbo's army would not be able to defeat a thousand Tartars.

As for Li Dingguo's worry that Zhu Cixuan would deny his opinions and have opinions on him, it was completely unnecessary, after all, he was not someone who could not listen to opinions.

So he said: "The king of Jin is right. Our 1 men will go to encircle and wipe out a thousand Tartars, ten times more than the Tartars. The advantage lies in me. We are sure to win. According to what King Jin said, our whole army will go to Bashanzhai."

"Although I have the advantage, we still need to make arrangements to catch the unprepared by surprise," Li Dingguo said.

"Okay, then let's sneak in and catch them by surprise." Zhu Cixuan made a final decision.

"Order, each battalion should take a rest, eat some dry food, and prepare for battle." Li Dingguo issued the order.

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Ba Shanzhai.

The warning bell rang "dangdangdang", one after another, and the village was in chaos.

The soldiers in the village were urged to defend against the walls of the village, and the women, children and the elderly were also packing up their things in a panic and closing the door tightly.

The most terrified were the villages and people outside the village. Seeing the beacon smoke and the sound of alarm bells in the distance, they gathered people and animals, picked up soft goods, and fled into the village.

In this panic, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and a group of people had already been killed.

Dozens of cavalry at the front came roaring and galloping, with superb riding skills and arrogance.They were like evil spirits who had escaped from hell, wailing and howling. In front of them, dozens of people who could not escape ran staggeringly in a panic, their faces full of despair.

A child fell to the ground, and his mother hurried back to hug him.

"Whoosh" a sharp arrow came through the air, directly in front of the child's mother, and nailed the little boy who was only seven or eight years old to the ground with one arrow. The long arrow pierced through his clothes and his chest, Dive headlong into the ground.

The child's panicked crying suddenly turned into a short scream.

The little boy spat blood from his mouth, his eyes were dim, and he lost his spirit, and his chest was quickly stained red by a large amount of blood.

"Xiaoyi!"

The child's mother uttered a heart-piercing scream, limp on the ground, unable to control her hands and feet, but she still crawled towards the little boy with all her strength.

"Damn it!"

A man also turned his head when he heard the sound, and stumbled back.

The child's mother was about to climb up in front of the child, but the Tartar who shot the child had already galloped up, laughing loudly and urging his horse forward.

The horse's front hooves slammed on the woman.

The woman let out a scream, and then another horse stepped over, and the woman immediately stopped moving.

Without turning his head back, the tartar galloped towards the child's father, only to see him pull out the scimitar from his waist, hold it high, and a bright light flashed across the knife.

The man's eyes widened in horror, and he was chopped down to the ground with a knife. His eyes were still looking at his wife and children.

On the wall of Bashanzhai, Mu Zhongxian's eyes were red, and his fists "creaked".

"Master Chieftain, let me take the soldiers out to meet him." Mu Zhongxian shouted angrily.

Chieftain Mu Yi suppressed the sadness in his heart: "The enemy is strong and we are weak. If we go out now, we will fall into the tricks of the Tartars."

"There are [-] soldiers from the Chieftain's Mansion in our village. Are you afraid that these Tartars will fail? I am willing to go out of the village and fight to the death with the Tartars."

"Who in the chieftain's mansion is afraid of death? It's just that the village is still counting on the three thousand mansions to guard the village. If they go out to fight to the death, once the battle is defeated, how will the village be guarded? After that time, many people, women and children in the village, What should I do?"

"Then watch the Tartars killing people outside the village?" Mu Zhongxian's eyes were bloodshot.

"The Tartars will definitely come to attack the stronghold in a while, we will kill more Tartars to avenge them."

A woman next to him also persuaded, "Husband, let's listen to Dad, let's guard the stockade, and don't be arrogant."

In the stronghold, everyone watched silently the Tartar cavalry galloping to the front of the stronghold wall.

All of them were wearing cotton armor with copper nails, a long helmet spear on the hat on the head, and even the horses were wearing armor.

Each of them held a scimitar in one hand, a longbow on their back, dozens of arrows stuck in their quiver, and each of them had a hideous expression on their faces.

The Tartars yelled at the proud Wuliwala on the village, but no one in the village could understand what they were shouting.

There was smoke and dust behind them, and more Tartars came galloping on horseback.

Tusi Muyi leaned on the wall of the village and looked at it carefully, his face became more and more ugly.

"There are more than three hundred real Tartars, and about five hundred fake Tartars. The total number of Tartars reaches eight hundred, nearly one thousand."

Mu Zhongxian's face also became serious, "This is an elite team, not ordinary Tartars, and even those fake Tartars are probably not surrendered soldiers from Jiangnan, but the elite of the Han Eight Banners brought from Liaodong."

The Tartars were the lifelong enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Up to now, even Mu Zhongxian, who was far away in Yunnan, knew something about the Tartars outside the pass. He knew that they were generally divided into the Manchu Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Army Eight Banners.

Among them, the most powerful ones are the Man Ba ​​Banners. They use Niulu as a unit, and each Niu Lu has [-] Banners. Ordinary Tartar men have to practice riding and shooting since they were young. After training, they will become Man Ba ​​Banners when they grow up.

All of these attacking Tartars were wearing armor, and they were obviously the best of the best Tartars.Even the five hundred fake Tartars were all wearing armor, but they didn't look as refined as the armor of the Tartars, which showed that these fake Tartars were also the elite of the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Now, although there are [-] soldiers from the chieftain's mansion in the village, if they want to go out to fight these tartars to the death, that is purely courting death. Relying on the wall of the village can resist one or two, so chieftain Mu Yi, Mu Zhongxian and others His face became more and more ugly.

(End of this chapter)