Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 158
On October 25th, the imperial guards who had been sent out by Zhu Tianqi to go to the Great Wall of Ji Town with military binoculars to detect the enemy's situation all rushed back and headed straight for Jizhou.

Zhu Tianqi immediately summoned them and asked them what they had discovered when they went to explore the enemy's situation.

"Reporting to your Majesty, I have discovered a large number of slave-building troops outside the pass, estimated to be tens of thousands. They have been attacking the Great Wall of Ji Town in three directions. I am afraid they will arrive in the near future. I hope your Majesty will make a decision soon and mobilize Soldiers to resist!" the leader of the Jin Yiwei reported with a panicked expression.

Zhu Tianqi didn't panic at all after hearing this. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was not afraid of Jiannu's attack. What he was afraid of was that after all the effort he had put in, Jiannu would never come again.

"I understand. Hand back all the telescopes I gave you before, and then retreat and rest!" Zhu Tianqi waved his hand lightly.

When the Jin Yiwei saw Zhu Tianqi's reaction, he became even more anxious. However, after all, he was in a humble position and opened his mouth. After all, he did not dare to speak. He just clasped his fists and said, "I resign from my humble position!" and then withdrew. .

Zhu Tianqi immediately called several Jin Yiwei and ordered them to quickly go to Zunhua, Santunying, Yutian, Fengrun and Qian'an to deliver orders. He also sent the military binoculars recovered from the Jin Yiwei to the generals of various armies.

At the same time, he ordered Sun Yuanhua: "Regulate the army and prepare for war, and follow me to Zunhua to suppress the bandits!"

Because Zhu Tianqi withdrew most of the defenders from the section of the Jizhen Great Wall from Da'ankou to Xifengkou, it will definitely be easier for Jiannu to break the Great Wall this time than recorded in history. If he can't wait until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, Jiannu will Break through the Great Wall and enter the land of Jizhen.

Mangui had already moved all the soldiers and civilians of Santun Camp to Zunhua City in accordance with the order, and then personally led five soldiers and horses transferred from Jizhou to garrison Santun Camp.

Now the emperor's new military order was issued, and a very exquisite telescope was sent to him. Moreover, this telescope is a veritable "thousand-mile" mirror, and it can see things very clearly several miles away.

Although the Ming Dynasty already had telescopes, which were widely used in military and navigation, they were all single-lens telescopes with very small magnifications. The military telescope Zhu Tianqi gave them was shocking in both its shape and effect. .

Man Gui was very excited after getting this telescope, and couldn't put it down, especially when he thought that it was a gift from the emperor, he felt a little more honored, and he no longer doubted and resisted the confusing military orders issued by the emperor. .

Mangui immediately ordered [-] cavalry, personally went into battle, and led his troops to leave the Santun camp and go north to inspect the section from Da'ankou to Xifengkou of the Jizhen Great Wall, looking for traces of the Jiannu army.

Originally, Mangui felt very strange about the emperor's arrangement. After all, he had not heard about Jiannu's raid on the Great Wall, not to mention that Jiannu had to sneak attack the section from Da'ankou to Xifengkou. The emperor had sent people long ago. Has the enemy been detected, or is it a clever plan by the emperor?

But as soon as Mangui was about to leave the Santun camp, he met a scout who came from Zunhua to deliver a military report. He reported: "The Da'ankou, Longjingkou, and Xifengkou of the Great Wall in Ji Town were attacked by the Jiannu army. They have been destroyed." Pass through the pass and enter the land of Ji Town!"

When Mangui heard this, he was immediately shocked. He now even suspected that the emperor must have planted spies in the Jiannu army. Otherwise, how could he know so accurately in advance which passes Jiannu was going to raid?

But now is not the time to think about these things. Jiannu has broken through the Great Wall and entered the pass. He should go to resist as soon as possible. You know, the emperor is in Jizhou now, which is only sixty or seventy miles away from Zunhua. Jiannu If Nuruo were to attack Jizhou with his entire army, the consequences would be disastrous.

Man Gui immediately ordered the scouts who came to deliver the military report: "Return to Zunhua quickly and inform Ma Dengyun to lead his army to form an array from the north of Zunhua to Da'ankou to cut off the westward advance of Jiannu!"

Then Mangui did not dare to delay for a moment, and quickly headed north with his [-] fine cavalry, looking for traces of the slave-building army.

At this time, Huang Taiji had broken through the three passes of Da'ankou, Longjingkou and Xifengkou and met at Hanerzhuang near Longjingkou, less than fifty miles due north of Santun Camp. .

After Huang Taiji entered the pass, he was not in a hurry to march. Although it took little effort to break through the Great Wall, Huang Taiji did not underestimate the enemy. He knew that if the Great Wall was broken, the Ming army would definitely send troops to stop it. The best way now is to wait for work. He set up an ambush and annihilated the leading troops of the Ming army, and then pursued the victory and captured the Santun Camp and Zunhua in one go.

Huang Taiji knew that the Eight Banners Army under his command was not good at siege warfare, so instead of leading troops directly to attack the city, it was better to wait for the Ming army to leave the city and attack him. As long as the effective strength of the Ming army was annihilated, he would go Attacking a city is much easier.

In addition to these considerations, Huang Taiji is also waiting for news. He has sent people to contact the internal affairs in Zunhua City, so that the internal affairs in the city can prepare to cooperate with him internally and externally to take down Zunhua. But strangely, there has been no response so far. Can be contacted.

But even though Huang Taiji took every step carefully and considered every step very carefully, Zhu Tianqi did not intend to give him too much preparation time. Next, Zhu Tianqi did not even intend to give Huang Taiji a chance to think and breathe. .

Man Gui led his army all the way north, but after only half an hour, there was a report from the scouting horse. An army of Jiannu was found stationed in the front. Man Gui immediately ordered to stop the march and stayed in place. He led a few soldiers to quietly go forward to investigate.

The three armies under Huang Taiji had just met at Hanerzhuang and had not had time to take any action, let alone ambush the Ming army. Therefore, when Mangui found a high ground and looked towards Jiannu with military binoculars, , happened to see Jian Nu dispatching troops and generals, and setting up an ambush!

Man Gui couldn't help laughing, "The traitor actually wants to ambush Grandpa. Grandpa will catch you off guard right now!"

Man Gui once served as the commander-in-chief of the army in Liaodong, and his partner Zhao Lijiao had dealt with Jiannu for many years. Naturally, he knew the Eight Banners soldiers of Jiannu very well. At a glance, he knew by the color of the flags that the soldiers stationed here were All the soldiers and horses of Jiannu, and Huang Taiji, the leader of Jiannu, are here.Mangui immediately jumped down from the high ground and led his [-] fine cavalry towards the slave-building army. However, Mangui was not a reckless man. Naturally, he would not use [-] cavalry to fight against the [-]-[-] slave-building army. The army fought tooth and nail, but despite the military orders given to him by the emperor, it was just "harassment"!
Jiannu's foothold is not yet stable, and they will be caught off guard if they go here. Man Gui is leading cavalry. No matter how many results they can achieve, there is no problem in returning them all intact.

Man Gui took the lead, drew his bow and shot a Jiannu cavalryman off his horse with one arrow. The Jiannu cavalryman kept a look of astonishment until his death. He might not have reacted to Man Gui's troops until his death. Horses came out of nowhere!
The same goes for Huang Taiji. He thought that the Ming army would quickly mobilize troops to attack him, and even made plans to ambush the Ming army, but he never expected that the Ming army could come so quickly!
There are only two explanations for this situation, or the Ming army happened to be nearby and found itself by chance, so it came to attack.

Either there were spies of the Ming Army in their own army, who informed the Ming Army of the location of their garrison, so that the Ming Army could lead their troops to kill them just after they joined forces to garrison!
But now is no longer the time to look for the reason, because the Ming army was caught off guard, and the soldiers on the periphery suffered heavy casualties. The Ming army only launched a wave of mounted fire and charge, and the number of casualties was already over a thousand.

Huang Taiji made a decisive decision. Although it was impossible to ambush the Ming army, since the Ming army had already been killed, even if it was head-to-head, he would annihilate this Ming army.

Mangui was not a brave man. He did not directly lead his troops to attack the slave camp. Instead, he always rode around the periphery of the slave army, shooting and killing, so he could turn back and withdraw his troops at any time.

Seeing that Jiannu's army had reacted and gradually restored order, Mangui did not hesitate and stopped when he was ready. He killed thousands of enemies without spending a single soldier. It was already a fruitful victory!

Mangui immediately ordered the troops to retreat, and all [-] fine cavalry immediately withdrew to the south.

Huang Taiji did not expect that the Ming army would leave as soon as he said so. Just as he was about to counterattack, he could no longer see the shadow of the Ming army. How could Huang Taiji suffer such a loss? The Ming army is about to annihilate Zhi Ming army.

Of course, Huang Taiji is not a person who is easily carried away by anger. The reason why he ordered the entire army to attack is naturally not only because of anger, but also because the position of his own army has been exposed, and there is no point in continuing to station and set up ambushes here. To prevent the Ming army from mobilizing too many troops to besiege itself, it is better to take the initiative to attack the Ming army as soon as possible and defeat them one by one.

Huang Taiji knew Man Gui. He knew that Man Gui was a fierce general in the Ming army, so he couldn't let him go.

Of course, Huang Taiji also thought that Man Gui might have come deliberately to "lure the enemy", but Huang Taiji was not afraid. The vast plains of the Central Plains were very suitable for his Eight Banners cavalry to gallop around. As long as the army's mobility was used, The fighting power of the Ming army was simply unable to resist.

Although Man Gui led his troops to retreat, he was also secretly observing the movements of the slave army. The emperor ordered him to harass the slave army, and also asked him to lead the slave army to the Santun camp and Zunhua area to lure the slave army. Attack the city to contain the slaves!
Therefore, Man Gui could only retreat while observing Jiannu behind him. If Jiannu did not come to pursue him, he would have no choice but to go back and "taunt" him again!

In fact, Mangui was not sure whether Jiannu would come to pursue him. Huang Taiji, the leader of Jiannu, was not an easy master to deal with, and he might not be easily fooled.

But the result was good, the Jiannu army caught up, and the whole army was moving south. The stone in Mangui's heart fell to the ground instantly, and he immediately stopped hesitating and ran towards the Santun camp at full speed!
Although Huang Taiji shouted to pursue Man Gui and vowed to annihilate Man Gui's soldiers and horses, but after chasing Man Gui less than five or six miles, he divided his troops into two groups and continued to pursue Man Gui all the way. Heading towards Zunhua City, he planned to capture Zunhua City first and then advance westward with Xu Tu.

As long as we take Zunhua, we can go all the way through Jizhou, Sanhe, and Tongzhou, and go straight to the capital city of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Zunhua is a must-take place, and it is more important than chasing Mangui!

But neither Huang Taiji nor Man Gui noticed that there was a team of scouts three miles east of Hanerzhuang who were paying close attention to the situation here. When they discovered that Huang Taiji led his army to leave Hanerzhuang, everyone After the army marched south, they quickly left their hiding place and went back to report to the general.

This pair of scouts and scouts were led by Zhao. His military order was to pay close attention to the movement of the Jiannu army. Once the Jiannu army went south, he would quickly lead the Liaodong cavalry northward to cut off the Jiannu retreat!
Zhao Lijiao and Man Gui had similar ideas. When he had just received the military order from the emperor, he was still very suspicious of the emperor asking him to send people to the area from Xifengkou to Da'ankou to search for traces of the slave-building army and secretly observe it. , because he did not think that the Jiannu army would definitely break through from this area.

However, it turned out that the emperor was very good at predicting events. As soon as the expedition horses he sent out arrived twenty miles south of Xifengkou, they saw most of Jiannu's troops moving southeast, and then gathered in the area of ​​Hanerzhuang. .

Zhao Lijiao did not dare to doubt the emperor's order at this time. He immediately ordered them to hide and continue to observe the movements of the slave army in secret. Once the slave army breaks camp and goes south, he will report back quickly!
Zhao Lijiao originally thought that Jiannu would have to stay in the same place for a whole day or two before going south. After all, Jiannu detoured the Tatars and traveled a long distance for nearly a month. It was impossible to attack the city with an exhausted army, but he did not I thought that Mangui would suddenly come out and launch an attack on the Jiannu army.

Zhao Shujiao didn't know that Man Gui was also acting according to the emperor's military orders. He thought that Man Gui accidentally ran into the slave army, so he led the attack. Therefore, Zhao Shujiao learned that Man Gui only led a group of soldiers. After the news that Ten Thousand Cavalrymen were fighting against Jiannu, Zhao Shujiao almost couldn't help but bring people to help.

Because Zhao Lijiao has always felt guilty about Mangui. During the Ningyuan War, Mangui was besieged by Jiannu, and Zhao Lijiao did not send troops to rescue him. The two turned against each other, and then Mangui and Yuan Chonghuan were at odds. After being transferred out of Liaodong, Zhao Lijiao became the commander-in-chief of Jiliao!

Although Mangui's transfer from Liaodong was not directly related to Zhao Shujiao, Zhao Shujiao was promoted as a result, but it was as if he had climbed up on the steps of his former brothers, which made him feel uncomfortable, so he felt very uncomfortable about Mangui. Gui, he does feel a little guilty!

Now that Man Gui was in crisis in front of him again, it was really hard for him to sit idly by and ignore it. Even if he disobeyed military orders, he would not hesitate to do so.

Fortunately, during the moment when Zhao led the teachings to hesitate, the scouts sent back the latest military report. Mangui had already led his army to retreat towards the Santun camp. The Jiannu army followed him and the whole army had moved south. Got it!

When Zhao Shujiao heard the news, he let out a long sigh of relief. He didn't know whether it was because Mangui escaped safely, or because he was finally freed from the dilemma.

(End of this chapter)