Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 509 Two completely different people
"Reporting to the Grand Master, the Ming army suddenly came around behind our army and made a surprise attack. They are only forty miles away from here, and their number is no less than 20,000!"

"Reporting to the Grand Master, the Ming army came from the south with a surprise attack. The number is at least 10,000. They are only more than 40 miles away from here!"

"Report to the Grand Master..."

"Report to the Grand Master..."

In the early morning of the fifth day of July, Alitai, who was originally preparing to withdraw his troops today, received urgent military information from all directions. Except for the east, thousands or even 20,000 cavalry were rushing towards them from all directions.

Faced with such a situation, Alitai broke into a cold sweat and quickly ordered to break camp: "Quick, break camp and break out to the northwest, tell Mahamu to come back for reinforcements!"

Although there are 10,000 Ming army cavalry in the north, 70,000 Mongolian cavalry and more than 100,000 tribesmen want to withdraw to the mountainous area 60 miles to the northwest. The Ming army may not be able to retain everyone.

At the same time as Alitai gave the order, the entire 70,000 Mongolian coalition forces and the more than 100,000 Tatar tribesmen immediately began to break camp.

When the news reached Taiping's tent, Taiping couldn't help but curse: "This Alitai only knows how to run away. If I had known he was such a coward, I would not have formed an alliance with him!"

"Without further ado, let's quickly break up camp and retreat. We have to rush back to the tribe." Standing next to him, Tupolo persuaded.

Less than two hours after they broke camp and retreated, Tangqi sent from Hulanhuwenwen arrived at the Mahamu garrison in the northeast.

He was staring at Mahamu, and Mahamu was staring at him.

"Based on the distance, he should already know about the attack on Hulanhu who suffered from hypothermia."

When he learned that the main force of the Ming army had attacked Hulanhu, Mahamu's first reaction was that it would be a good idea to attack the grain road. His second reaction was to ask about the number of the main force.

Thinking of this, Tupolo couldn't help but launched a civil strife here, and used the heads of Alitai and Taiping as his certificate of submission to join the Ming Dynasty!

Hearing this, Taiping quickly ordered a retreat, and Tupolo took several of his cronies with him to his tent, and then touched his beard.

"Follow my military orders!" Zhu Zhanhe responded with a cold face. Seeing this, the three thousand households bowed their heads and left.

Such generous treatment and successive generations of casual ranks are enough for all the Mongolians in his unit to work for him.

Mahamu touched his beard after hearing this, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The Ming army cannot be indifferent to more than 10,000 of us. Let's see their reaction first, and wait for them to consume Alitai's strength. We wait for the opportunity.”

Fortunately, he finally tolerated this idea and began to command his troops and horses to break out of camp and retreat to the northwest.

"No less than 50,000 people!"

"Thousands of people?" Mahamu frowned slightly, feeling that this scale was a bit difficult to swallow and repel.

Zhu Gaoxu agreed to canonize him as a hereditary and irreplaceable marquis, with an annual salary of 2,000 yuan. In addition, his son and the ten thousand households will receive the third rank, the remaining thousand households will receive the fourth rank, and the hundred households will receive the fifth rank. .

Zhu Zhanhe reined up his horse, skillfully turned over and dismounted, and at the same time ordered the three Qianhu behind him: "The entire army will dismount without removing their saddles, feed them water and beans, and wait for my military order to fight!"

"Yes!" The three thousand households bowed in response, but they still said after saying: "Your Highness, the number of Mahamu's troops is only more than 10,000, why don't our army go straight to Huanglong and kill him first?"

"Keep exploring and see what the specific number is!"

After hearing this, Tang Qi didn't think much about it. He got up and changed his horse with the help of Troros's troops to retreat. Suddenly, he became hypothermic, while Mahamu walked out of the tent, looked at Tang Qi's leaving back, and couldn't help but He squinted his eyes.

Two hours later, the familiar flag and armor with the character "朙" appeared in Mahamu's sight.

In his opinion, the cavalry sent by the Ming army this time will not be less than 50,000. If the Ming army attacking Hulanhu hypothermia exceeds 50,000, then he can attack the Ming army's food road and force them to withdraw.

The reason why Tupolo was determined to join the Ming Dynasty was because Zhu Gaoxu gave him too much.

Under Mahamu's instructions, Tangqi continued to send news back, and he himself also summoned the army and Tangqi from other directions.

"From the moment I saw the train in the Loop with my own eyes, I knew that the Ming army would not easily end the war with us."

"The Bogda Chechen Khan of the Celestial Dynasty has promised me that as long as we surrender and perform meritorious service, you will all receive a third-grade official rank, a salary of more than 200 guans per year, and thousands of acres of land."

Time passed little by little, and soon news came back from Tangqi in the south that a Ming army cavalry of thousands of people was approaching in their direction.

Tuo Huan walked up behind him, his tone solemn and a bit worried.

Tupolo looked at the two Wanhu and said: "Instruct the people below. Once the heavenly soldiers catch up, they will immediately disrupt the Tatars and Turguts. Then they will wait to surrender and get the heavenly order. That's enough."

He turned around and walked up the short hill, using his binoculars to look at the Mahamu army several miles away. The one-armed Wang Huan also climbed up the short hill and observed the surrounding terrain.

"It's a good idea to occupy this low hill and confront them." Wang Huan nodded with satisfaction, and Zhu Zhanhe also nodded and said:
"I learned a lot from Uncle Longchuan (Wang Xuan) when I was in Longchuan, and now I can dispatch troops much more easily."

"The strength of Mahamu is at least four times that of our army. We cannot fight hard with it. What's more, if we take the initiative to attack, then he will definitely guess that we have reinforcements. Instead, he will take the initiative to stand in a stalemate here. Only then will Mahamu think that we are It’s stalling for time.”

"How many troops do they have?"

"Yes!"

"Father, I always feel something is wrong..."

Zhu Zhanhe squinted his eyes and stared in the direction of Wala with his binoculars.

In addition, he himself can also get a copper mountain and two thousand acres of land. His sons and ten thousand households can each get one thousand acres of land. Thousand households can get five hundred acres, and hundreds of households can get one thousand acres. One hundred acres.

"I understand, you go back first, I will immediately break camp and rush to help!" Mahamu fooled Tang Qi.

"Now it depends on whether he can keep his composure or whether I can keep his composure!"

Tang Qi respectfully explained, and at the same time urged: "Please lead your troops back for reinforcements, otherwise we will be surrounded and suppressed by the Ming army."

The two Wanhu people standing on his left and right couldn't help but admire him: "Great Khan, if it weren't for your foresight, we would probably be in the same embarrassment as them now."

"Ha..." Baitu Polo sneered: "We were in such a panic last time when we faced 30,000 Ming army cavalry, let alone this time?"

A loose alliance is destined to be unable to live and die together, not to mention the hatred accumulated by the Tatar and Oara tribes over the past few decades.

"Xu..."

It's just that Mahamu didn't have a telescope, so he could only judge the approximate number of the Ming army with his naked eyes.

"The number is about three thousand. I sent someone to take a closer look at their banners."

After the last battle in the river valley, Mahamu no longer dared to attack the Ming army easily, and even used his troops much more carefully.

Under his order, hundreds of Wala cavalry, led by Ye Xian, ran towards the direction of the Ming army.

In response, the Ming army did not make any response. The entire army followed what Zhu Zhanhe said and showed their weakness to the enemy.

"Going back to Qianhu, there is "Zhu" written on the big banner."

Among the team, they also led the troops to a distance of less than a hundred steps from the Ming army, and sent two cavalry forward to investigate.

"Zhu?" He frowned and looked at the fluttering banner a hundred steps away. He didn't recognize any young general named Zhu who led three thousand cavalry.

"Retreat first!" Without daring to stay, he turned around and began to retreat.

Compared with the way they needed to take risks to obtain the names of enemy generals, the Ming army only needed to use telescopes to see their large banners one mile away from Wala.

Zhu Zhanhe was not in a hurry to express himself, but continued to let the soldiers rest.

At the same time, Ye Xian also returned to Mahamu with information: "He is a young general named Zhu. The people below said he is very young and does not have a beard."

"Young general?" Mahamu immediately despised him when he heard this. He even felt that such a person came to him with only three thousand horses, and he was probably just thinking about protecting himself.

"It seems that he just wants to wait for Hulan Huchiwen to decide the outcome, and then rush to help here."

"So conservative. It seems that we are not far away from the Ming army's baggage."

Mahamu told the situation, then raised his hand and said: "The army is marching to the southeast. Let me see if this young general dares to stop me!"

"Uuuuuu——"

Following his order, more than 15,000 Walan cavalry began to move toward the southeast, and this scene was seen by everyone in the Ming army.

After Zhu Zhanhe saw Mahamu's actions, he immediately said to Wang Huan behind him: "Send a team of Tangqi back to the camp and tell Your Majesty that the old dog has taken the bait!"

"Yes!" Without thinking, Wang Huan immediately ordered a group of Tangqi to gallop southeast with the help of the Ming army's cover.

After arranging everything, Mahamu has already led his army to bypass the three thousand Ming army cavalry and go south.

Since the Ming army was located on a low hill and occupied a commanding position, Mahamu was not prepared to become an enemy of Zhu Zhanhe.

Seeing this, Wang Huan also looked sideways at Zhu Zhanhe: "Your Highness, they took the initiative to expose their flank to us. This is an opportunity."

Wang Huan had fought with Zhu Gaoxu. During this period, if nothing else, cavalry side attacks were his specialty. Although he had a broken arm, he only had to make suggestions and did not have to charge into battle himself.

"My father is extremely brave. He would naturally dare to lead three thousand cavalry to attack tens of thousands of barbarians, but I don't have that ability."

Although Zhu Zhanhe is tall, in terms of bravery, he can only deal with three or four ordinary people. He is not a ten thousand enemy like Zhu Gaoxu.

He knew his own strength very well. If the side attack failed, his troops would suffer heavy casualties. Because of this, he played very conservatively.

"Mahamu is a veteran. It is impossible for him not to know that his flank is exposed. It seems that he is preparing to attract us to flank. Don't be fooled."

Zhu Zhanhe's caution saved his life, and Mahamu on horseback looked at them and saw that they were still silent, and he couldn't help but think highly of the young general.

"The enemy's flanks are exposed and he can still keep his temper. Either this young general is timid or he is very thoughtful."

"Touhuan, do you think this young man is the former or the latter?"

Mahamu asked his son Tuohuan. After hearing this, Tuohuan looked at the Ming army who kept turning their horses, nodded and said: "The army's appearance is not chaotic, it is obviously the latter."

"Well, you go to the rear army to prevent this young general from attacking our army from behind." Mahamu immediately ordered, Tuohuan also bowed in response, turned his horse's head and went to the rear army.

Soon, the Ora army moved farther and farther to the southeast, and Zhu Zhanhe had to abandon the short hill and chose to follow the Ora cavalry to the southeast.

Three hours passed quickly, and Mahamu occupied a low hill to camp. Seeing this, Zhu Zhanhe could only retreat the army, and also found a low hill to camp.

The two armies were very vigilant, but at this moment, about fifty miles away from them in the southwest, Zhu Di had assembled 27,000 cavalry to meet on a grassland.

When the news from the northeast came back, Zhu Di was trying on the armor with Zhang Fu and Wang Yan at his service.

"I didn't think it was a bit heavy when I was wearing this armor now..."

Zhu Di felt a tightness in his chest. After hearing this, Zhang Fu also tried to persuade him: "Your Majesty, you don't have to go to the battlefield in person. The three generals are enough."

"Yes, Your Majesty..." Meng Ying, Meng Mao and others standing in the tent also looked unbearable.

"No, I have to follow." Zhu Di took a deep breath. Seeing that he couldn't stop him, Zhang Fu could only stop Wang Yan from helping Zhu Di put on his helmet.

"I won't wear the helmet anymore. You can't bear it." Zhang Fu said this just as rhetoric. In fact, he was worried that Zhu Di was wearing a helmet and charging into the battle.

Without a helmet, the danger is greatly increased. If Zhu Di is fine in the Chinese army, but if he wants to charge, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen, so Zhang Fu uses this method to test Zhu Di's mind.

"Okay!" Zhu Di did not hesitate. He also knew that he was old and had passed the age of charging into battle.

Wearing armor is just a way to remember the past.

"On the side of Hulanhu Wenwen, Alitai can't run away, so he sent an order to Meng Zhang and Zhu Neng, asking them to join forces with Ye Xian Tu Gan and Ba Tupolo to launch an attack on the Hu soldiers at night."

"First resolve the unstable factors, and then we will resolve Mahamu."

After the words fell, he took a deep breath with some difficulty:

"Let the baggage team prepare, we will send troops at Chenshi. This time I will completely kill this old dog Mahamu!"

"I accept your order!"

At Zhu Di's command, the entire Ming army camp became active.

Just when they were preparing to ambush Mahamu, Alitai and others, who suddenly became hypothermic, were "lost" on the grassland.

They were not lost, but there was no way for them to retreat.

All possible retreat roads were blocked by the Ming army's ambush. At this moment, they seemed to be trapped in a dragnet.

They camped on a low hill, and such low hills are not uncommon on the Mongolian plateau. Tens of thousands of acres of low hill grassland are everywhere.

Normally, they could laugh, sing and dance, but now they can only live in fear.

Alitai is planning tomorrow's breakout route. Taiping, Baotupolo, Yesian Tugan and others have gathered in his big tent.

At this time, a young man walked in and saluted with his arms crossed: "Master, I have something to tell you, Abu."

"Tupolo, your Wushtai is looking for you, go ahead." Alitai was still thinking of joking and made Tupolo smile awkwardly, but when he turned around and left the tent with Wushtai After that, his expression immediately turned cold.

They walked back to the headquarters in silence. After entering the tent, Wushtai took out a gilded bamboo tube from his arms and shook out a note.

[Su Lian also first works with the soil, and then the inside and outside should be combined, so the enemy can be defeated]

"Do you want to do it first?" When he saw the content on the letter, Tupolo was stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized it and couldn't help but laugh:
"This Alitai, even his biggest supporter in the tribe, Ye Xiantugan, has surrendered, and he is still planning a retreat here."

"Okay, okay... If you have it, let's do it first. We will make a contribution tonight!"

He looked at Wushtai and said, "Go to Ye Xian Tugan's son, Bo Tulu, and explain the matter and agree to launch the army at the right time."

"Okay!" Wushtai agreed with arms crossed, and soon went to Yesian Tugan's tent, where he met Yesian Tugan's son Baatulu and his nephew Batai.

Just by placing the gilded Xichang bamboo tube on the table, the two of them knew about Wushtai and Bitu Polo's surrender to the Ming army.

The two agreed with Wushtai to mobilize troops at this time, and set off the cannon provided by Xichang to cooperate with the Ming army inside and outside.

Time passed little by little. When Ye Xiantugan returned to his tent and learned that Tupolo had surrendered to the Ming army, he realized why the Ming army had such accurate information on both the Oara and the Tatar. .

But this is no longer important. After tonight, they will be the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and they will become the people of the Ming Dynasty in full swing!

"Hululu..."

Late at night, when many people were asleep, tens of thousands of cavalry unknowingly surrounded Alitai's troops based on the traces left by Xichang.

Alitai's Tangqi could only be released for more than twenty miles, and the Ming army formed an encirclement thirty miles away, and were ready to respond at any time to capture Tupolo, Yexian Tugan and others.

As the hour came, tens of thousands of Tatars and Walas wearing armor began to walk out of the tent. They wrapped animal skins around their arms to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

"Do it!"

As Tupolo opened his mouth, a harsh wooden whistle instantly exploded in the camp.

"Woo-"

"kill!!"

When the whistle sounded, Tupolo and Yesian Tugan immediately led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under their command and started to set fire to the entire camp. At the same time, they kept talking about surrendering to the surrounding Mongols.

"what's going on!"

Alitai was awakened by his wife in his sleep. When he rushed out of the tent, he immediately saw a scene of fire.

"The Ming army is coming to kill?!"

"Where is Tang Qi? Why didn't anyone tell me!"

Alitai's mind was in a state of confusion. When he came to his senses, he immediately took the guards around him to escort his wife and daughter and began to break out.

When the camp was on fire, the Mongolian Tangqi on the periphery also noticed something was wrong and retreated to the camp one after another.

The Ming army, which had not rested all night, saw Tangqi from various places blowing wooden whistles to retreat, and immediately understood that the opportunity had come.

"My dear men! The time to make great achievements is now. Whether you are a hero or a bear, we will see you after the war!"

Getting up from the ground, Meng Zhang pulled out the carbine from his waist and pulled the trigger into the air.

At the same time as the gunfire sounded, the lurking Ming army cavalry got up one after another.

The army horse got up and put on the saddle with the help of the cavalry. Not long after, the rumble of horse hooves sounded behind the Mongolian cavalry.

"The Ming army is coming to kill!!"

For a moment, the Tangqi troops on the periphery were running for their lives. Some wanted to retreat before the Ming army encircled them, while others were running towards the camp.

But no matter which direction they choose, it will have no effect, because the situation that Zhu Di spent a lot of effort to arrange has been formed. After today, the Tatar tribe will completely disappear, and the Moxi tribes will also submit to the Ming Dynasty.

But before that, Zhu Di still needs to solve his heart problems...

At Mao hour, as the sky gradually became brighter, a baggage team escorted by tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers slowly advanced from the east to the west. Tens of thousands of horse-drawn carriages pulled tens of thousands of stones of supplies, and all this was discovered by Ola Tangqi. .

Tangqi reported the news to the camp, and Mahamu also hurriedly ordered the camp to be abandoned after learning the news.

"Escape to the north after robbing, be careful of people from the south setting fire to the food!"

As the army rushed south, although Mahamu felt that something was very wrong, since there was no news from the west, he was worried that Alitai would be defeated, so he could no longer wait.

After grabbing these tens of thousands of supplies, they retreated, and then moved to Penlanzhou with their troops.

No matter how powerful Zhu Di is, it is impossible to go to Penlanzhou to deal with him.

Thinking of this, Mahamu waved his whip, and tens of thousands of cavalry rushed towards the Ming army's baggage train.

Zhu Zhanhe led three thousand cavalry to follow them from a distance, always paying attention to their every move.

"This old dog fell into the trap. If Zhang Fu leads his army to attack from the south to the north, this old dog will inevitably break out to the north. All we have to do is to stop them."

On horseback, Zhu Zhanhe made an analysis. The three thousand cavalry under his command would inevitably suffer heavy casualties in a head-on battle with Wala's fifteen thousand men. However, if Wala was attacked by Zhang Fu sent by Zhu Di, they would not be able to maintain a dense formation.

Zhu Zhanhe knew the Mongols very well. It was okay to fight against the wind, but he would immediately flee once the wind went against him.

It is not a problem for my three thousand cavalry to defeat the tens of thousands of fleeing cavalry, and the lives of the soldiers under my command can also be protected.

As long as he catches Mahamu, his prestige in the army, even if it is not as good as the second child in the future, will not be too low.

Thinking of Zhu Zhanqi, Zhu Zhanhe tightened his grip on the horse's reins.

Grandpa and father are already very dissatisfied with themselves. If they don't make changes, not only will their status be shaken, but even their mother and brothers will be left out.

"Zhu Zhanhe, you are twenty-six years old..."

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Zhanhe fixed his gaze, and Wang Huan saw his change, and he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

Zhu Zhanhe had no sense of crisis before, so he could insist on being himself, but it is different now.

Zhu Zhanqi has suddenly emerged. If he doesn't make changes, then his Majesty may really replace him.

Once someone is replaced, his experience of following this person will also make him be ignored in the future. For the sake of his future, Wang Huan can only speed up Zhu Zhanhe's changes.

"Beep--"

Suddenly, a harsh whistle sounded several miles ahead. Wala suddenly stopped marching, and the rear army also turned to the Ming army, as if they wanted to fight with the Ming army.

"arrive!"

Zhu Zhanhe's eyes darkened, and sure enough, not long after, news came from Tangqi that his own baggage team was forming a car formation to protect itself, and Wala was surrounding the baggage team.

"Your Highness, send troops, those who are surrounded are our brothers!"

"Yes, Your Highness, send troops!"

"Your Highness, we are not afraid of death!"

"Rather than watching my brothers besieged, it is better to fight and die together!"

"Your Highness..."

A Qianhu bowed on horseback with an excited voice, and echoes suddenly sounded from all around.

Such behavior was nothing in the eyes of Zhu Zhanhe, and he would even explain it, but now, he only felt that these people were challenging his authority.

Thinking of this, he clenched his teeth and stared sharply at the Qianhu official who spoke first.

"Wang Qianhu, let me ask you, who is the leader of this army..."

His voice was not loud, but it made Wang Qianhu calm down instantly.

"Of course... Your Highness!" Wang Qianhu quickly dismounted and bowed, and the sounds around him disappeared instantly.

Seeing Wang Qianhu dismounting and bowing, Zhu Zhanhe turned his attention to the Wala army in front.

"Since I am the leader, all military orders are issued by me. All you have to do is wait for my military orders."

After the words fell, Zhu Zhanhe drew his carbine and glanced around coldly:
"Pass my military order, and anyone who has any private opinions...will be killed!"

(End of this chapter)