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Chapter 1172
Two days later.

According to the agreement, today is the day when the food and grass supplies arrive at the camp of the Ming army.However, the quartermaster who was preparing to respond in front of the battalion waited left and right, but there was no sign of the heavy soldiers.In order to prevent accidents, I am preparing to ask for instructions, whether it is possible to send a team of cavalry from the camp to the south to meet them.

But when the alarm bell rang upstairs, the sentinel shouted loudly: "There are more than a hundred riders coming from the south!"

The officer on duty hurried up to the watchtower, took a closer look with the binoculars specially made by Jinyiwei Sixth Division, and said with a sigh of relief, "Our scouts should lead the way."

At this time, even without binoculars, several scouts from the Ming army came galloping with nearly a hundred remnants...

When they got close to the gate of the camp, the quartermaster recognized those troops who were clearly in charge of transporting food and grass!

The defenders obviously recognized these people, and there was a lot of discussion with nervous expressions.At this time, one of the leading supply officers got off his horse, staggered and shouted: "I have an urgent military situation, and I want to report it to my lord!"

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Chinese Army.

In the commander's tent, Wang Xian, Liu Sheng and others looked cold, and heard the baggage officer cry:
"Two days ago, we had just marched northward with food and grass, and we were surrounded by tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry just ten miles out of the city! They started attacking the convoy without saying a word. I can't fight hard, not only the food and grass were taken by the Tartars, but most of the brothers died on the spot..." Speaking of this, the officer couldn't bear it any longer, and burst into tears with heartbroken tears. Sobbing: "In the end, the commanding officer tried his best to cover us to break through, and ordered us to report to the father-in-law quickly... Woohoo, the father-in-law wants to avenge the little ones!"

Amidst the officer's cries, the atmosphere in the big tent froze to the extreme, and everyone looked extremely sad and angry. Since their expedition, the number of injured soldiers is not as many as the number of people who died in this battle!
"Who dared to touch our troops after eating the bear's heart and leopard's courage?!" There was a grumpy general who was already beating his chest and feet, and was about to draw his sword and go out to kill.

"Can you see clearly how many Mongolians there are and which tribe they are?" Mo Wen asked the officer in a deep voice, although his eyes were full of anger, but his expression became calmer, "Also, what about the situation in Guning City? "

"At least 3 Mongolian cavalrymen attacked the grain team. They didn't have any banners, and they couldn't see where they came from." The officer stopped his tears, paused, and said: "After we broke through, they didn't pursue, but Going straight to Guning City, there are only a thousand guards in the city, and I am afraid that they will also fall into the hands of the Mongols..."

Mo Wen asked some more details, and after the officer had told everything he knew, someone took him down to rest.

The sergeant stepped forward to help the bruised officer, but he suddenly struggled and kowtowed heavily to Wang Xian, bleeding bled from his forehead all at once, and screamed miserably, "My lord, you want to avenge your brothers! "

Wang Xianzhong nodded, stepped forward to help the officer up with his own hands, reached out to wipe the tears on his face, looked at him resolutely, and replied in a deep voice: "No matter who it is, I will make him pay back ten times!"

The officer nodded, tears welling up again.

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After the officer was helped out, the tent of the Chinese army exploded. The generals were furious and challenged Wang Xian one after another. They wanted to lead their troops to the south to avenge the dead soldiers!
Wang Xian frowned slightly, and Liu Sheng on the side scolded the generals angrily: "You are all scared and screaming! Do you know how many enemy troops there are and what their origins are, and they are going to take revenge with the army? Is it revenge or death? ! "

On weekdays, Liu Sheng was dedicated to singing bad faces, and when he scolded him, all the generals shut up obediently and gradually calmed down.This calmness doesn't matter, it's simply frightening to think carefully...

The army's food road was cut off, and the food and grass in the camp could only last for less than three days. Thirty thousand and possibly more Tartar cavalry were a hundred miles to the south and a hundred miles to the north, hiding Arutai and his troops. More than 1 soldiers and horses...

Originally, the army already had the chance to win, but they were just wondering whether to completely wipe out the enemy soldiers, but in a blink of an eye, the situation took a turn for the worse, and it was already in jeopardy. It would only take a few days without Arutai and the Mongolian army of unknown origin. , the army will completely collapse due to lack of food...

Nervous and worried emotions welled up in the hearts of the generals, and they all looked at Wang Xian, not knowing how the coach would make a decision.

Wang Xian looked as usual, walked a few steps in the tent with his hands behind his back, looked at Mo and asked, "It's Duoyan Sanwei."

"There is no one else but them." Mo Wen nodded and said, "The Oirats have not yet regained their strength, their strength is less than 3, and they are far north of Shaanxi. It is impossible to cross the Hetao and travel thousands of miles. As for the Tatars, except The remnant soldiers in the hands of Lu Tai can still gather [-] to [-] horses, but they are far away in Mobei, and they need to protect the infantry, so it is impossible to mobilize all the troops and attack us south."

After a pause, Mo Wen continued: "As for the other tribes, they don't have 3 cavalry in total. After calculation, the only Mongolian tribe that can send [-] cavalry to cut off my back is the Duoyan Sanwei in Liaodong. "

Hearing this conclusion, all the generals gasped.If this is the case, the trouble will be really big.The so-called Duoyan Sanwei refers to the Mongolian tribes living in Liaodong. During the Hongwu period, when the Northern Yuan Dynasty perished, these tribes surrendered to the Ming court. Emperor Taizu set up Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu Sanwei in this area.At the same time, the Ming court granted the leaders of the Three Guards various levels of official positions to win over and restrain them.This is the origin of Duoyan Sanwei.

What really made the Three Guards of Duoyan famous all over the world was the Battle of Jingnan during the Jianwen period. Zhu Di was able to seize the world with his own mansion, and the Three Guards of Duoyan played a big role.At that time, Zhu Di faced Li Jinglong's 60 army, went to Liaodong in person, borrowed the elite cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei from King Ning, and returned to defeat Li Jinglong.In the ensuing battle of Jingnan, the cavalry of Duoyan's three guards had always been the backbone of King Yan's army, and made great military exploits for Zhu Dijingnan's success.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, in order to reward the Duoyan Sanwei for their meritorious service in the war, he decided to award them the land of Liaodong, and decided to open a mutual market in Kaiyuan and Guangning for the Duoyan Sanwei Mongols to trade with the Ming Dynasty. .But later, Zhu Di felt that this was too much of a threat to Beijing, so he broke his promise and did not allow them to move south to the Daning area near Shanhaiguan as a pastoral station.

Duoyanwei was naturally very dissatisfied. In order to obtain the right to live in the Daning area, during the Yongle period, he united with the Tatar tribe of Alutai to harass the Ming Dynasty, and was naturally beaten by Zhu Di.It was only then that Duo Yanwei recognized the situation, and understood that Zhu Di was no longer the King Yan who had to rely on them back then, but the Emperor of Ming who had millions of soldiers and could do it at any time, and they couldn't take care of themselves.After that, he stayed in Liaodong honestly and paid tribute to Ming Dynasty.

On the surface, Duoyanwei didn't dare to cross the threshold, but they never surrendered sincerely.Four years ago, when the King of Han rebelled, he had borrowed troops from them with a lot of money. Duoyan Wei actually dared to send [-] cavalrymen to cross the sea and land in Shandong on the King of Han's warship, and participated in the rebellion, trying to repeat the scene of the Jingnan Battle.

Although it was not successful later, the Ming Dynasty did not really punish them, because the Duoyan Guards had hundreds of thousands of troops and nearly [-] control strings, and they were as powerful as the Tatar Wara.Now, with the decline of Oala, the Tatars have suffered heavy losses, and they have become the most powerful Mongolian tribe!

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In the tent of the Chinese army, although it was determined that the enemy must be Duoyanwei, the generals still found it inconceivable.

"Although Duoyan Sanwei and the Tatars have a covenant, it is already an old calendar. With the continuous expansion of Alutai in these years, the friction between the two sides has not been small, and it has become a hot water." A general asked strangely: "They How could you send a large army to help Alutai at the risk of being conquered by Ming Dynasty?"

Contrary to common sense, although the various tribes of Mongolia belong to the same race, they hate each other far more than the Han people.This is not difficult to understand. When the Han attacked them, they withdrew after the fight, and they would not annex their territories and clansmen.However, the war between the various tribes of Mongolia is aimed at annexing each other's territory and tribesmen, so naturally they will never stop.

"It's really unbelievable." Liu Sheng twisted his beard and said with a puzzled face: "When did Duoyan Wei be so bold? As long as Daming cuts off the border trade with them, their life will not go on. Those Duoyan nobles Is your head covered with horse manure?"

"Whether it's possible or not, they have already appeared there." Mo Wen said in a deep voice, "We must immediately decide how to deal with it, and there is no delay!"

All the generals nodded one after another. The army only had three days of rations left, and it was true that there was no delay, so someone suggested: "We should immediately withdraw our troops to the west. If we go south, we may be attacked by Alutai and Duoyanwei." .”

As soon as this remark came out, the generals took it very seriously, and it seemed that there was only one way to go west and return to Hetao.

"Nonsense!" Liu Sheng blew his beard and stared, "There is not even a grain of food in the military depots to the west. Are we eating wind and drinking urine for more than 1000 miles?"

"But Lord Hou, we have nowhere else to go!" Normally, after being reprimanded by Liu Sheng, basically no one dared to say more.At this moment, the general bit the bullet and said: "The Duoyan guards are much stronger than us, and we don't even need to confront each other head-on. As long as we are entangled for a few days, we will be so hungry that we can't even hold our weapons. ! At that time, we can only let them slaughter..."

"Look at how cowardly you are!" Liu Sheng spat thick phlegm on the general, cursing, "Just now you were clamoring for revenge, why did you get cowardly when you heard it was Duo Yanwei?!" All the generals shouted loudly: "Going west is a dead end!"

"What Hou Ye said is very true." Mo Wen nodded and echoed, "If my army retreats, the Tatars and Duoyanwei will definitely follow. Can people escape back to Hetao?"

(End of this chapter)