Daming: From the end of Hongwu

414 Chapter 412 - The End of Alu Terrace
The news of Zhu Di's victory over Ben Ya's loss quickly spread throughout the entire camp after Zhu Di, Zhenwu and other fine cavalry returned to the main camp, and immediately made the remaining army jealous.

Soldiers go out to fight, which is a matter of both risks and rewards.

Although they worry about risk.

But relative to the risk.

It is even more difficult for them to accept that others have returned from meritorious deeds safe and sound.

Damn it.

What's more, everyone has traveled thousands of miles, enduring the wind and cold of the desert to come here, who really wants to make a trip for nothing.

As a result, everyone worked harder when they followed the trail of Alutai.

Especially Zhu Neng, holding his breath, wanted to fight a big battle.

In the next few days, Zhu Di led the army to continue searching to the northeast along the Yinma River and Kuoluan River. As the army deepened step by step, the army began to be more cautious. The strength is also increased by a few percent.

Also because of the gradual deepening.

The weather also started to get worse.

The sunshine in the daytime can still be tolerated, but at night, the gust of wind blowing from the long-lasting snow mountain, with a chill in its whistling, wants to destroy everyone's will.

It's still June.

Even in the winter in the Jiangnan area, there is no wind that blows directly into the head, and the head can't bear it if it is really blowing.

It's no wonder that there are few people on the grassland. If there is no basin or the foot of the mountain to shelter from the wind in this kind of ghostly weather, even a tough man will die if he lives under this kind of strong wind for a long time.

Let's just say that Zhen Wu and the others are now, in just a few days, some of the civil servants accompanying the army have fallen ill several times, and the rest are all pale, with a forced look on their faces.

Zhen Wu was worried about the soldiers under his command. These days, he would walk around the camp twice every night, chatting with the soldiers in the guard camp from time to time, or giving some encouragement, or jokingly cursing to ease some of their heartstrings.

But Zhen Wu also knew that going on like this was not an option after all.

But God bless Daming.

On the ninth day of June, Zhen Wu and the others finally found the large army of Arutai in Feiyunhe. There was a slight drizzle in the sky on this day. After Zhen Wu received the news of Zhu Di's summoning, he ignored the drizzle at all. , rushed out of the big tent excitedly, got on his horse and rushed towards Zhu Di.

After seeing Zhu Di, Zhu Di led the generals to a high hill.

Everyone looked at the stretching tents of Alu Terrace.

Zhu Neng sighed suddenly: "This Alutai is really capable. Look at the location where he camped. If he is attacked, he can break out from the three sides in front of him. Not to mention the mountains behind him to avoid the wind. Look, there is a valley over there. It must be a critical moment. can pass."

Zhen Wu naturally also saw this, and frowned tightly in thought.

Zhu Di snorted unhappily and said: "Not only that, you see that this camp is set up, but if there is a slight change, Arutai can immediately react and fight back, and can you see their women, children and luggage? You must know Lutai has a large number of people, accumulated over the years, how can the supply of cattle and sheep be reduced?"

Zhen Wu looked carefully, but he really didn't find Alutai's baggage, women and children, and his face was a little shocked for a moment: "Arutai is so brave, he dared to walk separately from the baggage, he is not afraid that we will find out first His baggage cut off their rations."

"You can't think like that."

Zhu Di shook his head and explained: "I guess the soldiers and horses in Alutai have no more than one month's rations, and they should not be afraid of running out of food in a short time, but if we find his luggage and snatch it, I'm afraid it will be the opposite. We will be burdened by this batch of luggage. Just imagine that once we grab the luggage, Arutai will not be alarmed. At that time, Arutai's soldiers and horses are not damaged and they are around. Should we worry about his constant harassment? , In this way, our pursuit was hindered, but Arutai became free to advance and retreat. Even if Arutai was ruthless enough, he would abandon the baggage and go away. With others in hand, things will always be there Yes, especially if you go further to the northeast, there are not no small tribes for him to plunder and attack."

Zhen Wu suddenly understood.

This is an alternative question.

If you choose to carry cattle and sheep, then you have to give up the opportunity to attack the main force of Arutai, and if you choose to attack the main force of Arutai, then Arutai will not be burdened by the supply of cattle and sheep.

This seemed to be a message from Alutai to Zhen Wu and the others.

Want to eat him?

Then come with real skills.

Zhu Neng sneered at this moment: "Hmph, is a high-handed man bold? Do you really think that he can stop everyone coming with open swords and sharp guns? Now our army is as powerful as a rainbow, and we have been looking forward to the battle for a long time. Drop him."

Not bad.

But how to eat without leftovers?

Several people observed the terrain for a while, and began to think seriously.

After half an hour.

Zhen Wu suddenly pointed to the valley behind the main force of Alutai and said, "Do we have the terrain of this valley?"

Zhu Di shook his head, then frowned and asked, "You want to force them into the valley?"

Zhen Wu nodded.

Qiu Song, who had been silent for a long time, said: "It's not difficult to push into the valley, but as we said before, Alutai is not a mediocre person. Since he dares to camp here, the valley behind should definitely let him go at a critical moment. Tongtong is right, it would be meaningless for us to force him into the valley, and it is impossible for us to send a large number of people around to block the valley, not only would it take too much time, but more importantly, it would be easy to be discovered."

Zhu Neng nodded in agreement.

On the contrary, Zhang Wu and Xue Lu looked at Zhen Wu suspiciously, wanting to hear Zhen Wu's explanation, because they knew that everyone could think of what Qiu Song could think of, and since Zhen Wu could think of it, there must be Zhen Wu. Wu's reason.

Zhu Di also knew Zhen Wu.

He impatiently said to Zhen Wu: "Tell me more specific."

Zhen Wu didn't show off, he pointed to his ear and said, "Listen, the wind."

wind?

The wind here is always whistling, but the location where Arutai camped against the mountains made the violent wind much gentler and weaker, but the sound of the wind here was sharper than the place where Zhen Wu and the others passed by before. .

sharp?

Zhu Di grasped the point at once.

His eyes lit up.

Because of the valley.

The wind behind the mountain will rush into the valley in unison, causing the wind to roar louder. The most important thing is that the wind from the valley is sharp, which is enough to show that the end of the valley is not wide. If it is not wide, it means Arutai The army cannot pass quickly, so there is a way to encircle and wipe out.

Zhu Di glanced at the calm Zhen Wu, and his heart began to churn inexplicably.

This dog's brain is fast.

His grandma's.

He didn't think of this the first time.

The next moment, Zhu Di began to look at Zhen Wu with a bit of unkindness.

Damn it, after Zheng He came back, this dog was only thinking about teasing that broken bird every day. What's so interesting about a bird, isn't it just saying a few auspicious words? As for carrying it around to show off?

I also want to resign from my position after this war to take care of myself.

When is it time for him to retire? !
If this kind of guy doesn't have to die, Zhu Dibai will be Zhen Wu's father-in-law for the rest of his life.

But this is something later, Zhu Di snorted twice, looked at Arutai's camp and sneered and said: "What a Arutai, I haven't fought yet, and I'm really close to putting on such a trick for me. Be fooled by him."

The others were even more confused when they heard this.

Obfuscation?
It's nothing to do with blindness.

What are these two talking about?

Why does it feel like everyone is not on the same floor?

Zhen Wu didn't have time to explain to them. Seeing that Zhu Di understood, he opened his mouth and said, "Whether it's a cover-up or not, it's best to send someone to secretly touch the terrain. After all, the matter is of great importance, and we can't make a random decision."

Zhu Di nodded.

At this moment, Zhu Neng finally figured it out. After hearing the conversation between the two, he hurriedly asked Ying to say: "Your Majesty, the general must go and see this kind of thing in person. Let me go."

Both Zhu Di and Zhen Wu looked at Zhu Neng. To be honest, the key to this battle is the terrain of the valley. Not to mention Zhen Wu, Zhu Di wanted to sneak over and take a look with his own eyes.

Zhu Neng was in a hurry: "Your Majesty, you said too much and gave me a chance."

have to.

Zhen Wu lost his temper.

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "Then you go, but be careful on the road and try to feel as clearly as possible."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know." Zhu Neng said excitedly.

Zhu Di glanced at the Arutai camp and the surrounding terrain again, turned around and said, "Okay, I've seen everything that needs to be seen, let's go back." After speaking, he told Zhu Neng: "You just prepare to go ahead." Go check it out, it will change over time."

Zhu Neng nodded.

Zhu Di then took the lead to walk down.

Zhang Wu, Xue Lu and others all chased after Zhen Wu in doubt. Zhen Wu understood what they wanted to ask, so he clasped his hands into a trumpet shape and blew a few mouthfuls.

This made everyone understand.

It turned out to be the case.

Judging the width of the end of the valley from the sound of the wind.

This is really a long experience.

But they have to admit it.

If the end of the valley was really narrow, then this battle would be much easier.

They just need to force Arutai into the valley, otherwise Arutai's soldiers and horses will not be able to pass through as soon as possible, and they will definitely confront them head-on.

As long as they confront each other head-on, they are not afraid of losing.

Even though there might be some remnants fleeing after Alutai's defeat, as long as the large army cannot escape, that's enough.

As for the fleeing soldiers and horses, the army just spread out and sweep them away.

But Qiu Song was still puzzled and asked: "If the end of the valley is narrow and he cannot escape from the enemy, why did Arutai set up the camp here just for us to see?"

Zhen Wu didn't speak.

Zhang Wu smiled and said: "We've come so far, do you see a better place to camp than here? In the end, it's not that he, Alutai, didn't want to choose a better one, it's really that Mother Earth didn't give him a chance. "

Everyone laughed out loud when they heard the sound.

……

That night.

Zhu Neng came back after investigating. When he came to the big tent where the generals were, he said excitedly before he had time to salute Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, great news. I have seen it with my own eyes. The end of the valley is indeed narrow, the narrowest. There are only two or three cavalry running side by side at most, considering that Alutai's more than [-] troops, even in the year of the monkey, they cannot pass all of them."

Zhu Di stood up abruptly and cheered up, "Okay."

After finishing speaking, he gathered in front of the map with all the generals. Zhu Di pointed to the map and said: "The front of the Arutai camp is wide open. If you want to force him into the valley, you must encircle him on three sides. This battle is dominated by infantry advancing layer by layer. Open the battle line and don't give Alutai an opening. Zhen Wu, you lead the central army to advance from the front, Zhu Neng, you lead the left tuck to advance from the left, Zhang Wu, you lead the right tuck to advance from the right, and the left and right outposts have the most elite cavalry. Alutai wants to lead his light cavalry to forcefully break through the encirclement, and you quickly enter the formation to outflank and cooperate with the infantry to beat him back. If Alutai really retreats to the valley, you fine cavalry must bite me as soon as possible , entangle them in the valley, and force them to fight us to the death."

Zhen Wu and the others agreed in unison.

Zhu Di then looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "I am determined to destroy Arutai in this battle. If anyone lets me let him go, don't blame me for not telling the situation, he will definitely kill him."

Zhen Wu and the others trembled in their hearts, and they immediately paid more attention to it, and they repeatedly promised.

Then, Zhu Di asked people to disperse, and each went to prepare.

After the second day, the Ming army set up a mighty formation and began to march towards the location of Alutai. When Arutai got the news, the formation of the Ming army's three-sided advance had already taken shape.

Alutai turned pale with shock, and couldn't help but cursed.

"Zhu Di of the dog day, why is he like a mad dog, I have already retreated here, why is he still refusing to give up!"

Others are also very flustered at the moment.

One person hurriedly said: "Teacher, don't get angry, let's think about it now, how we should deal with it is the real thing."

"Responsible? Is it possible to really run to the valley?" Arutai said angrily, he didn't understand why he didn't deceive Zhu Di, and Zhu Di's formation obviously knew that the valley could not escape, and wanted to send him to the valley The valley forced.

What the hell.

Everyone else was worried and didn't know what to do.

Alutai tried his best to calm down the turbulent mood, and he said: "Quickly go to the army to prepare for the breakout, and call Brewer to come over and ask him to go to the Ming army to ask for peace."

"Begging for peace?"

Someone said with a bitter face: "The Ming army put on such a posture, how could they agree to seek peace?"

Alutai picked up a flagon angrily and smashed it down: "Fuck you, if you can't make peace, can you beg for peace? If you can't beg for peace, can you surrender?!"

In this case, let alone claiming to be a minister, Alutai has no psychological pressure to be Zhu Di's son.

He has developed from a small tribe to the present situation, and he has lost all face and all.

Just let him preserve his strength.

He doesn't care.

soon.

Breuer took the mission and came towards the Ming army.

And when Zhu Di saw the envoy begging for peace in the large tent of the Chinese army, his face suddenly became unhappy. After listening to the envoy's begging with all his strength, he waved his hand and asked the soldiers to drive Brewer out.

and an egg.

This battle must annihilate Alutai's vital forces.

No reconciliation!
However, some military officials in the account were puzzled.

Is it not good to surrender without fighting?

Zhu Di was too lazy to explain to them, but when he saw Jin Youzi and others whom he called to record the experience of this battle, he felt depressed again.

If there is no explanation, these bastards don't know how to write scribbles.

He stared at them angrily and shouted at them: "A group of elm bumps, do you understand the false surrender! Do you understand! Even the obvious false surrender of his mother can't be seen, and he owes his mother's battlefield experience."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Di saw that Zhen Wu's expression was a bit strange, his face froze slightly, and he shouted at Zhen Wu, Liu Sheng and others: "What? You didn't see it?"

hiss.

A look of grief and indignation immediately appeared on Zhen Wu's face: "Your Majesty, the last general can't stand it anymore if you say that. Zhen Wu has been in the army for more than ten years. If you can't even see such an obvious false surrender, I will still What to do alive, if you say that I am not good at other things, I will have no objection, but I will not accept this alone."

Liu Sheng's reaction was not slow, and he quickly said: "Yes, Your Majesty, can't we see the false surrender? It must be a false surrender, there is no doubt about it."

Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction.

Some civil servants looked at the battle-tested Zhen Wu and others saying this, and they were a little dazed, and even began to doubt themselves.

Why do you look at the other party's messenger quite sincerely?

It is also a vassal and a tribute to cattle, sheep and horses.

Can this still be a trick?
……

On the other side, when Alutai and others heard the messenger's reply, Arutai's face darkened, but this was also what he expected. He asked the messenger to go to seek peace, and on the other hand, he also wanted to cut off everyone. heart of survival.

If the desperate situation is a battle to the death, it is possible to survive the desperate situation.

Alutai stood up and said: "Everyone has seen the attitude of the Ming army. I know that many people are flustered at the moment, but let me tell you, panic can't change life, and the only plan for now is to fight to the death."

As he said that, Alutai drew out his scimitar and said coldly: "It's possible to fight to the death, and you will die if you fear the battle. In the end, even if you can't fight to survive, my prairie man will die even if he dies. People are afraid, cowardly Rabbits have never belonged to us, but a pack of wolves who are not afraid of death is ours. Don't be ridiculed, all of you, take up arms and kill thieves with me."

As soon as the cold voice fell, Alutai had already strode out.

There seemed to be a ferocious giant wolf image in the figure.

Seeing this, the eyes of the others all had a fierce light, and they all got up and followed.

The soldiers outside are ready.

Alutai got on his horse and led the army to charge towards the encircling Ming army.

He knew that Zhu Di and Zhen Wu were in the front, so naturally he would not force himself to attack directly to the left.

The sound of galloping horses resounded between the heaven and the earth with a mighty momentum.

Zhen Wu, who was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, rushed out of the big tent with a whoosh after hearing the sound. He stood on a high place and looked towards the battlefield. When he saw Alutai charging towards Zhu Neng , a trace of disdain appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Want to rush out?
impossible!

at this time.

The sound of artillery, gunshots, and rain of arrows rang out one after another, and the infantry from the Alutai camp turned upside down before they approached Zhu Neng.

Arutai was furious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

Their shooting range is shorter than that of the Ming army, so they must endure this wave of losses.

But fortunately, with the impact, the distance can always be pulled in.

When the thousands of light cavalry from Alutai rushed into their range, they all drew their bowstrings and shot a rain of arrows towards the Ming army.

The rain of arrows from both sides mixed in the air, and then pulled away from each other.

Zhen Wu watched from a high place, and understood the term "Arrows Like Rain" better. This is called "Arrows Like Rain". This scene has a shocking beauty, so that everyone who sees it will never forget it.

Swish swish.

Arrows fell, and Arutai's soldiers and horses fell in pieces. As for the infantry of the Ming army, although there were shield soldiers blocking them, arrows still took away one life after another through the gap.

The sound of gunshots and artillery sounded again, and the Arutai camp was turned on their backs again.

Arutai knew that this was not going to work, and they would not gain any advantage by shooting at each other, so he immediately took the lead and rushed away with the army, but the Ming army remained calm and unmoved like a mountain.

Shields, spears, and sabers flashed out one after another.

And Xue Lu, who had been waiting for Alutai to charge the formation, saw Alutai and the infantry entangled, led his right sentry horse, rushed into the formation and killed Alutai and them from the side.

A big battle.

Less than half an hour.

Alutai was beaten so disgraced, not only did he not break the formation, but was forced to go back, while the Ming army still did not panic, the cavalry did not chase after it, and the infantry continued to move forward at their own pace.

Zhen Wu smiled.

One bang, then decline.

If Arutai didn't want to be besieged to death here, he had to flee into the valley.

And when they reached the valley, they could still struggle with the terrain, but when the infantry approached layer by layer, they still couldn't escape the defeat.

Sure enough, it was as expected by Zhen Wu.

After Alutai tried several times to charge the battle to no avail, he retreated decisively towards the valley.

Seeing this, Xue Lu and Qiu Song led Qingqi to bite up quickly. While buying time for the infantry to encircle them, they started another battle with Alutai's cavalry in the valley.

This valley is not wide, but the widest part can accommodate fifty or sixty war horses side by side, which is enough for both sides to fight in a relatively wide area.

Zhen Wu saw that he didn't need him to watch the plane to command the change of formation, so he handed over the matter to Liu Sheng, and he went to report to Zhu Di.

After Zhen Wu finished reporting, he and Zhu Di waited in the tent for the victory report.

Unexpectedly, after half an hour, there is still no good news.

The two of them couldn't sit still for a while, they immediately got up and got out of the big tent, and then rode forward.

Seeing the two of them approaching, Liu Sheng quickly talked about the battle situation during this period.

It turned out that after Alutai and the others were forced to death, they unexpectedly broke out a tenacious counterattack, and felt a little bit unable to take it down for a while.

Liu Sheng explained: "It can't be helped. After all, the advantage of having a large number of people in the valley cannot be reflected, and since ancient times, the poor have never chased after them. If we want to eat this group of poor, we will have to consume their fighting spirit."

Zhen Wu nodded.

This is the same principle as fishing, the fish has to be tossed for a while, otherwise no one would be willing to die like this.

Afterwards, several people watched quietly.

……

In the valley at the moment.

When Alutai was fighting, he saw Xue Lu, and he followed Xue Lu's figure with a fierce look in his eyes, and finally rushed towards Xue Lu with a fierce heart.

He knew that Xue Lu was the leader of the Ming army in the valley.

As long as Xue Lu is killed, the Ming army will be driven out of the valley and bought time for them to retreat.

Speaking of which, he knew Xue Lu.

When he was in Baicheng, Xue Lu was with Zhen Wu.

It's just that I never thought that the little follower at the beginning would also become a general guarding Beiping in these years.

When Xue Lu saw Alutai rushing towards him, he was not surprised but happy, and went up to meet him on his horse.

Why didn't he want to kill Alutai and directly break the cavalry with the cavalry.

Now, one of the two represents Ming and the other represents Tatar. These two strongest forces in East Asia finally broke out in the most brilliant battle.

"The little character who followed Zhen Wu back then, I, Alutai, want to see what you have to be the leader of an army." Alutai rushed to Xue Lu's side, and shouted at Xue Lu, He raised his gun and killed him.

Xue Lu sneered.

Some people always think that he can't beat Zhen Wu, so he is easy to bully.

That being the case, he was not polite.

Soon the two got in touch.

What surprised Xue Lu was that Alutai's martial arts skills were really good, and his strength was much stronger than others.

Can…

That's it.

Compared with Boss Zhen, it's not even a star.

Alutai...is not an opponent.

This is the fact. After more than a dozen rounds of fighting between the two, Xue Lu broke out with all his strength and knocked Alutai off his horse. Then, he followed Arutai closely, but just as Ma Leng was about to penetrate Alutai. Taiwan time.

But Alutai shouted in panic: "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender."

Leng Feng stopped in front of Alutai's chest.

Alutai went on to say: "I have prestige in Tatar, I am willing to join Daming and guard the northern border for Daming, as long as you don't kill them all, I will agree to any conditions you ask."

"Really?" Xue Lu asked.

Alutai nodded repeatedly, and at the same time secretly prepared his hands, intending to take advantage of Xue Lu's unpreparedness to counterattack suddenly, but the next moment, Xue Lu's horse spear directly pierced Alutai's heart.

Alutai looked at Xue Lu in surprise.

Xue Lu sneered and said, "I'm sorry, someone told me that a person like you who has achieved such a great status with nothing can stay, not to mention that I have seen your ability in the past few days."

After finishing speaking, Xue Luheng raised Alutai's helmet and roared: "Alutai is dead, all the generals will follow me to kill."

Seeing this, the Ming army burst into loud shouts.

……

After Zhu Di and Zhen Wu in the distance heard it, their expressions relaxed. It seemed that the battle was coming to an end.

really.

After waiting for another half an hour, Xue Lu and Qiu Song came to Zhu Di's side on horseback, and began to report in detail. In this battle, they joined forces with the infantry that came later and killed most of Alutai's troops. Except for those who gave up resistance, the rest of Arutai fled through the valley, and their lieutenant general was chasing them.

Zhu Di was overjoyed and said hello again and again.

Then just wait for the pursuer to come back.

Those who pursued that day chased hundreds of miles on staggered corpses, and did not return until they were hungry and thirsty. Zhu Di saw that all the soldiers were quite tired, and after the battle, the battlefield was not only chaotic, but also stretched out. I don't know how far it is, so I didn't let the soldiers clean up the battlefield, and I will talk about it tomorrow after getting ready to rest.

As the night goes by.

After the soldiers had rested, Zhu Di ordered the battlefield to be cleaned, and at the same time sent a large army to sweep in all directions. Whenever he found that the soldiers were scattered, he would let the soldiers kill them on the spot.

After sweeping for two days in a row, a team of cavalry found the baggage of Arutai's headquarters in Changxiuchuan. Captured all the luggage of Arutai's troops.

And these luggage, not to mention the food and grass for women and children for the time being, just the cattle, sheep and miscellaneous animals are all over the valley, until the two sides of the river, stretching out for more than a hundred miles.

Even Zhu Di couldn't stop laughing happily when he saw this large fortune.He did a simple calculation, and it can be said that this battle will not cost much.

This really took all the Tatars together.

After that, Zhu Di sent his army to search around for a few days, and when he found that he couldn't find anything, he excitedly waved his hand and announced the teacher.

He is sure that when the results of this battle are reported to the imperial court, the whole world will be amazed by his feat this time.

And the northern border of the Ming Dynasty has no worries for at least two to thirty years.

……

(End of this chapter)