Smuggling Daming

Time went back to a year ago, Zhengde left the capital with Jiang Bin and the other four foreign armies, and rushed to the Xuanfu happily. It was early autumn, and the weather was very cool, which was a good time to march, and Along the way, Zhengde finally saw with his own eyes the boundless fields on both sides of the road, most of which were planted with corn and sweet potatoes.

Seeing that the corn and sweet potatoes he promoted are so popular, even replacing the original millet and big things, Zhengde also has a sense of accomplishment.Once Zhengde secretly took Gu Dayong with him. The two left the army and went to the field to steal some corn cobs and half-sized pieces of sweet potatoes. In the end, the owner of the field led people to chase them out for several miles until they saw Zhengde enter the field. When they were in the army, those people fled back in fright, but Zhengde laughed happily. In the evening, he cooked corn and sweet potatoes for dinner, and he thought it was the sweetest dinner he had ever eaten.

Playing around all the way, it took more than half a month to finally arrive at Xuanfu from the capital.Xuanfu is not just a city. The Xuanfu of the Ming Dynasty refers to the Great Wall from Sihaiye, Jizhen Town, to Pingyuanbao, Datong Town. Because the commander-in-chief is located in Xuanhuafu, it is called Xuanfu Town, and there are six roads under it. , namely East Road, Middle Road, Shangbei Road, Xiabei Road, Shangxi Road and Xiaxi Road, which belong to the jurisdiction of Wanquan Command Capital.

After Zhou Zhong came to Xuanfu Town, it was like a dragon entering the sea. Every day he either lingered in the flower streets of Xuanfu, or took his own ears to inspect the guards around Xuanfu, and he did not reveal his identity. , Every time I went there, I didn’t notify in advance, and when I saw ordinary soldiers, I would pull others to chat.When it was time to eat, they ate directly in the guard, and like those ordinary soldiers, they all carried a sea bowl the size of a human head. The bowl contained either corn porridge or sweet potato porridge, plus a few pickles and a steamed bun. The meals are very simple, but Zhengde doesn't care at all, because this is exactly the life he dreams of.

But Masanori is a man without character.After staying in Xuanfu for nearly a month, he suddenly felt that the life in Xuanfu was a bit boring. After all, Xuanfu was a border town, and it was not particularly prosperous. The only thing that surprised Zhengde was that there were many Mongolians here, some of them were Desperate on the grassland, he surrendered to Daming.Some came to the Xuan Mansion to do business. After all, many supplies on the grassland needed to be traded with Daming, and Daming also needed horses, cattle and sheep on the grassland.

Zhengde soon became a little bored with the life in Xuanfu, and even felt that he couldn't even find a fun place, which made him feel very bored, so in this situation.Zhengde decided to go to other places, such as some border towns around Xuanfu.Maybe there will be some interesting things there, and now it is late autumn. In previous years, this is the time when the prairie people go south. It would be even better if we can meet the soldiers who go south from the prairie people. After all, Zhengde is already crazy about wanting to fight .

Speaking of it, it is absurd that Zhengde came to Xuanfu from the capital to inspect, but now instead of staying in Xuanfu well, he has to run out and wander around.He even wants to fight the prairie people, if the ministers in Beijing know about this kind of thing.He must be forced to go back with death, but it's a pity that now Zhengde only has people like Jiang Bin and Qian Ning around him, and there are no ministers at all.

Zhengde is still very disciplined. He knows that generals of the Ming Dynasty cannot leave their garrisons without authorization. If they want to control the army outside, they must have a legitimate name, so Zhengde added an official position to himself, that is, " "Governor Military Affairs Mighty General Chief Military Officer", this official position not only looks very powerful on the surface, but also is almost a level above the official level, almost all of the Ming army, as the chief military officer, he has power and restraint.

Zhengde is also very satisfied with the official position he has given himself, and he also intends to formalize this official position, so he asked people to go to the Ministry of Officials to file for the record, and set the rank and salary for himself. As a result, this After the news reached the capital, the ministers in the court were dumbfounded, but there was nothing they could do.

After Zhengde granted himself an official position, he had a reason to go out for inspection, so in a crisp autumn weather, he left Xuanfu with a cavalry force of 2000 men and began to inspect the surrounding border towns. And his first stop was Datong Town, located west of Xuanfu Town.

Speaking of Zhengde's luck, just when he came to Datong Mansion and was stationed in a guard called Yanghewei, and was about to start his inspection tour of Datong with this as the center, he suddenly received a call from Datong. The news that the little Tartar prince led troops south again, this time he still led [-] grassland cavalry. It seems that the defeat of the Xuanfu in the ninth year of Zhengde did not make the grassland people give up. Now after several years of recuperation, the Tartar He regained his strength again and was ready to avenge his shame, but this time the little Tatar prince learned his lesson and did not dare to go south from Xuan Mansion, which suffered a big loss last time, but chose Datong Mansion next to Xuan Mansion.

The reason why Zhengde left the capital and came to the border town was that his greatest wish was to fight the prairie people, so he chose to leave the capital in early autumn. When he came to Xuanfu, it happened to be the day when the prairie people went south. Xuanfu waited for more than half a month, but he still didn't wait for the prairie people who went south. Originally, he thought that the prairie people would not go south this year, but he didn't expect to encounter such a big surprise here in Datong.

After finally waiting for such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Zhengde naturally would not give up, so he immediately issued an order to Wang Xun, the commander-in-chief of Datong, in the name of his military affairs governor, the mighty general commander-in-chief, and took over the entire military affairs of Datong, that is, He said that from now on, the entire army of Datong will be under the command of His Majesty the Emperor.

Wang Xun is also a veteran. He has fought against the Mongols all year round, so he naturally knows how powerful the little Tatar prince is. In the past few years, their army has added a lot of new weapons, and the money, food and military pay are also very sufficient, which makes the frontier army The combat strength has increased greatly, so even if the little prince of Tatar leads his troops, he is not afraid at all. Even if he cannot win, he will definitely be able to keep the opponent out of Datong.

But luckily now, an order from His Majesty the Emperor directly deprived him of his commanding power. Although he heard that Emperor Zhengde liked martial arts, the opponent had never been on the battlefield after all, and it was even more impossible to know how to fight. Yes, Datong Mansion's military strength is not dominant, and I'm afraid there will be no time to get the surrounding frontier troops to come to the rescue.Thinking of Zhengde, the first brother on the battlefield, going against the little Tatar prince, who has been fighting for many years, Wang Xun felt guilty for a while, and even said bluntly that he did not believe that Zhengde could defeat the Tatar little prince.

Sure enough, Wang Xun did not expect that after Zhengde took over the command of the army, the first order almost made him vomit blood, because Zhengde actually asked him to gather the army of Datong, go north to meet the enemy, and take the initiative to fight against the Tatars. The prince went into battle.

For Zhengde's unknown order, Wang Xun was also angry and angry. After all, their army in Datong was only 3 to 4, and even with the surrounding guards, it was only more than [-]. There is not much difference between the grassland people, but you must know that Ming’s army is all infantry, while the grassland people are all cavalry. Although their Datong army has added a lot of firearms, using infantry to fight cavalry on the plains is not courting death. what is it

However, no matter how unwilling Wang Xun was, he did not dare to disobey the military order, not to mention that the military order was sent by His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty himself, so in desperation, Wang Xun could only order the army of Datong to be assembled, plus the surrounding guards. A total of nearly 4 troops were assembled in the institute's army, and the rest of the army was in the front and could not be withdrawn at all.

4 infantry against [-] prairie cavalry, even with firearms, if there is no city as a defense, there is not much chance of winning at all, unless Zhou Zhong invented the machine gun and equipped it for Wang Xun Send out a company of machine guns, and then supply enough bullets. In this way, the tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry will just die, but this is obviously impossible.

In fact, Jiang Bin, who had been by his side, also disagreed with Zhengde's order to let Wang Xun take the initiative to send troops to meet the grassland people. Although Jiang Bin's character was not very good, he was a rare hero. He stayed in the military academy for a while, and during that time he learned a lot of military art, so when it comes to marching and fighting, he is also a first-class general in Ming Dynasty.Naturally, he also knew that Zhengde asked Wang Xun to take the initiative to attack, which was like sending him to death.

However, Zhengde on the battlefield showed his decisive side. He didn't pay attention to Jiang Bin's words at all, but insisted on letting Wang Xun lead the troops to attack. hand.

In October of the 12th year of Zhengde, when Wang Xun's army had just arrived in Yingzhou, it finally met the 4 army of the little Tatar prince. Originally, in normal times, Wang Xun would definitely enter Yingzhou City and consume the grassland people with the help of the strong city wall. However, this time he brought [-] troops, Yingzhou is small, and there were thousands of defenders in the city, which could not accommodate Wang Xun's [-] troops, and Zhengde's order was to let him take the initiative to fight against the prairie people , not let him borrow the city to stick to it.

Under such circumstances, Wang Xun had no choice but to brace himself and set up a formation under Yingzhou City to face [-] prairie cavalry.When the little Tartar prince came to the city of Yingzhou with his army, he saw that the opponent's army of tens of thousands of people was going to fight them in the field, which made him a little confused. Even if he was defeated by the army of Xuanfu last time, then They were the ones who attacked the city first, and when they were unable to attack for a long time and their morale was low, they were defeated by the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty later. But now the army of Datong is directly fighting with them outside the city. Waiting for the point? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)