prosperous age

Chapter 231 Chapter 230
As a thousand cavalrymen from the Alda Department joined the encirclement and suppression of Ma Fang's Department, Ma Fang's life became more and more difficult.

In fact, after Ma Fang was injured and fell off his horse, he had already realized that the raid had failed.

However, at this time, the sense of smell honed through years of battlefields still allowed him to see a chance to escape.

Yes, at this time, Alta Khan had not sent anyone to block their back route, and they could rush out of Alta Khan's camp along the way to escape.

However, at this critical period, he did not choose to do so, but chose another direction that seemed like a dead end.

There is no shortage of generals in the Ming army who sell their teammates, and there is no shortage of generals who put the overall situation first.

Ma Fang knew very well that most of the battle plan this time was made by him. In fact, what the convener behind Liu Dazhang did was only a modification of his plan, and he knew the whole battle plan very well.

Now once he escaped from the Tartar camp, what would happen next?
The whole army of Aldakhan dispatched to reinforce the Aldana army camp in the front battalion. Liu Huan's troops would definitely not be able to stop them, and then joined forces in one place.

The Ming army hadn't engaged in large-scale field battles with the Tartars for a long time, and Ma Fang didn't think that Liu Dazhang was capable of leading them to defeat all Altan Khan's troops in Baoan Prefecture.

At this moment, he had already realized that there were many more troops in Altan Khan's camp than he expected, and now there were at least three thousand elites around him, while there were hundreds of Tartars who had been beheaded by them before. .

A cavalry team of tens of thousands of people cannot be defeated by the Xuanfu Ming army.

Even if he rushed out and returned to the Ming army camp, what would be waiting for him?
He was defeated, the plan failed completely, and a large number of soldiers of the Ming army were killed. Ma Fang couldn't afford such a result.

So, now his only choice is to carry on, to attract Al Da Khan's attention, to prevent him from investing his troops in the front, and to buy time, so that the main force of the Ming army can calmly withdraw from the battlefield and return to the city.

Therefore, Ma Fang finally chose to fight to the death without retreating, although he was very sorry for the more than 2000 robes who followed him.

Fighting to the death without retreating, of course it wasn't because he was trapped and besieged here by the Tartars, Ma Fang wouldn't be that stupid.

After discovering that there was nothing to be done, he decisively led his army back and withdrew from the situation surrounded on three sides.

An Dahan thought that Ma Fang was going to escape, so he hurriedly ordered the guards around him to catch up and seal Ma Fang's retreat, but he miscalculated.

After breaking away from the siege, Ma Fang led his troops to wander around the Altan Khan camp, looking for areas where the Tartars were weak, and even went to the edge of the camp several times.

However, to Altan Khan's surprise again, the Ming army did not escape, but played a game of starting cats with the royal court guards in the camp.

But An Dahan could also see that this Ming army did not intend to survive. They ran back and forth in the barracks seemingly chaotically, but the target was always vaguely locked on themselves.

Yes, although Ma Fang is determined to fight to the end, but he has never forgotten his mission, the target I Dahan, whether it is to capture or kill, this is his only mission now, either die here, or complete the mission and then be killed people kill.

It's just that now, Ma Fang's space for activities has become smaller and smaller, especially in the investment of a thousand households.

Before, Altan Khan only invested more than 2000 people to encircle and suppress the remaining [-] Ming troops. Now that new troops have joined, Ma Fang has no room to move.

Yes, after discovering that Ma Fang's target is me, I Da Khan will not foolishly send all the troops to participate in the encirclement and suppression. In case the Ming army finds a spare time to kill him during the period, will he still have the face of Khan? up.

"My lord, it's not good to continue like this, the reinforcements from the Tartars have arrived, and the commander-in-chief's side is probably already there."

On the galloping horse, Ma Fang's personal captain said to him.

In fact, Ma Fang also discovered that reinforcements from the Alda Department entered the camp to join in the encirclement and suppression of him. Obviously, the Liu Huan Department failed to stop the reinforcements from the Tartars.

It's just that he is a little sad even now, his subordinates are exhausted, can they still rush out?
In their view, the Ming army's offensive may have been disintegrated by the Tartars, so they were able to spare their hands to support Altan Khan's side.

Now that the main force of the Ming army has withdrawn from the battle, there is no need for him, Ma Fang, to let the remaining brothers accompany him on the road.

Ma Fang had already anticipated what would be waiting for him when he went back this time.

The imperial court will not consider whether you are fighting with all your strength, they only look at the result.

If your plan fails, you will lose your troops, and naturally you will have to pay the price.

It's just that he didn't regret it, he regretted proposing this plan, and he regretted leading his troops to make a surprise attack.

All he regretted was that he hadn't been able to capture or kill Altan.

He will never forget how he was taken away by the Tartars, and what kind of life the Han people in Mongolia lived.

This is also the reason why he had come to Altan and lived a better life than other Han people, but he still found a chance to escape back to Daming.

He wanted revenge, revenge for those Ming people who were tortured and killed.

Altan kept a royal guard of nearly a thousand people by his side. Ma Fang knew that he was hopeless this time, so he could only lead his troops to rush out, trying to keep as many people alive as possible.

Ma Fang continued to lead his troops to rush back and forth in Alda Khan's camp, looking for opportunities.

At this time, there are cavalry besieging on all sides, and there is really no chance in sight.

Gradually, Ma Fang became a little desperate. He felt a little sorry for the brothers behind him.

Altan was surrounded by heavy soldiers to protect him, and he had already missed the chance to escape.

Up to now, it seems that he has only the last way to go, and that is to fight to the death, and finally show the blood of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and ignite the last brilliance.

Although the imperial court may not see that all of them are loyal, but they fought for the Han people in the world, and they died in peace.

Ma Fang was looking for a chance to fight, intending to teach the Tatars a lesson, to let them know that Daming's generals are not greedy for life and fear of death, but also bloody, because he knew that no one would come to rescue them.

The main force of the Ming army has been defeated, and Liu Huan's troops have also retreated. They are alone.

He changed direction twice in a row, avoiding the main force of the Tartars, and broke out again from the enemy's weak force. The Ming army behind him had fallen to less than a thousand people.

Even from the raid to the present, in about an hour, most of them had suffered casualties. Even the people behind them were mostly wounded, and the horsepower of their war horses was almost exhausted.

Ma Fang knew that she had no time to continue looking for opportunities.

At this time, in the direction of the camp gate in the distance, more than ten war horses galloped into the camp. The people on the horses didn't care about the tragedy in the camp, but ran straight towards the tent of the Great Khan.

That's where Altan should be, whoever they are.

Ma Fang, who jumped out of the encirclement again, finally made up his mind and turned his horse's head. This time, he chose the center of Altan Khan's camp as the direction of his attack. On the way to charge.

At this time, the generals following Ma Fang also roughly judged the main general's intention from the direction in which he was moving, and this was to choose to die together.

But, no one is timid.

In fact, when the battle has reached this point, they have no way to turn back.

The way out was completely blocked, and it was impossible for reinforcements to arrive.

No one knows the virtues of the Ming army better than these border town soldiers.

They urged the horses, squeezed out the last horsepower and rushed to the big tent where Altan Khan was, just for the final dignity.

"boom boom"

Just when they chose to charge to the death, continuous cannons suddenly sounded from the front of the camp.

There are cannons in the Ministry of Defense, but most of those cannons will not be kept after they are captured by them. They will be melted down by them and made into weapons, and only a small amount will remain.

Ma Fang and the others have been fighting here for so long, and they haven't seen any Tartars launch firearms against them, which can only show that Altan Khan didn't bring any remaining firearms with him when he entered the customs this time.

Most of the firearms in this era are clumsy and unusable. In fact, not only the Mongols think so, but even many people in the Ming army think so.

Bird guns are not as good as bows and arrows, and artillery is worse than trebuchets, but they are too cumbersome.

Naturally, the sound of so many cannons would not be used by the Tartar army.

Are reinforcements coming?
Has anyone come to meet them?
Ma Fang, who was charging, was suddenly moved.

In fact, the Ming army at this time was already at the end of its strength. If there was no strong support, they could only rush to Altan's tent like moths to the flame, and make the final blow.

It's just that the sudden sound of cannons disturbed his thoughts. The Ming army is coming, and those who came just now may be...
But thinking of this, Ma Fang still knew something was wrong. It was impossible for the Ming army to rush outside the gate of the Tartar camp. They discovered that the Tartars on those horses were obviously dusty, and they looked like they were traveling all night. It was not a fake .

Could it be that the imperial court has sent reinforcements?
In addition to the sound of the cannon just now, there will only be one Ming army near Baoan Prefecture, and that is the Xuanfu Army.

Could it be that the Xuanfu army was not defeated?

At this time, Ma Fang, who was already in despair, regained her survival mentality. Why would she want to die if she could live.

He had begged to die once before, and when the chance of life appeared again, he could no longer think.

Becoming a hero may be the impulse of that moment.

But after the impulse, if there is a if, let them make a choice again, it is difficult for any hero to do that.

Ma Fang is like this. Of course, he didn't stay in Altan Khan's camp just to become a hero. He wanted to buy time for the main force of the Ming army to retreat, and he also hoped to find a chance to give Altan a fatal blow. In fact, he was right The whole plan is hopeless, he has no way out.

Now, if he finds an opportunity to fight out, maybe he doesn't need to be an unsung hero. Although his future is still bleak, the soldiers behind him don't have to die.

Seeing the opportunity to survive, Ma Fang adjusted his direction again, which seemed to be the same as before, and it was another feint attack on Altan's tent, and then retreated immediately when he saw that the opportunity was not right.

When the horse team drew an arc, Ma Fang saw a glint of life in the eyes of many people in the Ming army behind them.

These people were all soldiers who had understood the sound of the cannon just now, and they knew that there were Ming troops outside the camp to meet them.

They didn't know the details of the plan, and thought it was planned long ago, so General Ma led them around the Altan Khan camp, destroying it as much as they wanted, and waiting for the main force to arrive.

Only Ma Fang knew that there was no such link in the plan.

In the plan they designed, the worst plan was to attack and wipe out the entire Ming army. There were more than 2000 people left behind in Baoan Prefecture to guard until the Datong army arrived on the battlefield.

"boom boom"

Another burst of gunfire came from a distance, and Ma Fang knew that only the Fran cannon could fire so quickly.

The moment the cannon sounded, he counted silently in his heart, 22 sounds, which seemed to be the total number of medium-sized Franco cannons in the Xuanfu Army of Baoan Prefecture.

They are still there.

The Tartars who came for reinforcements were not sent from the Tartar barracks, but were beaten out by the Ming army's offensive. Their camp had already been breached by the Ming army, so they fled here.

Thinking of this, Ma Fang didn't dare to fight anymore, and suddenly turned her head and shouted: "Brothers, the main force of the Xuanfu army has broken through the Tartar camp. Our mission has been completed. We have all of them. Come and rush out with me."

At this moment, he couldn't care less, as long as he rushed out, he would give people a chance to survive. He could no longer selfishly choose his own destiny for them.

In order to survive, the remnants of the Ming army at this time knew in their hearts that the direction of the sound of the cannon was their chance to survive.

As long as they rush over, they will have their lives.

Prior to this, most people had actually given up, thinking that it was impossible for them to leave here alive.

The hope of life filled their bodies, and the lost strength also filled their bodies again.

It's not that no one has thought about why they came here and why they had such an encounter, but to Xiao Bing, everything is not important, as long as he is still alive.

"shoot"

A team officer shouted loudly in the queue to command the soldiers behind.

A few sporadic arrow feathers flew out and plunged into the intercepting Tartar cavalry. They had consumed almost all their weapons in the previous fierce battle. Among the cavalry of nearly a thousand people, there were not many who could shoot their bows.

Naturally, the Tartars on the opposite side would not stand there foolishly waiting to be shot by them, but cut into their advancing route obliquely, and at the same time shot clusters of arrows at the huge Ming army cavalry.

"Ahhhhh."

Under the attack of the arrow rain, many Ming soldiers were shot down and dismounted.

In fact, the Ming soldiers who have survived to this day are all seasoned veterans who are skilled in bows and horses. However, they have exhausted most of their physical strength after fighting for a long time. , They were afraid that they would not have the strength to get on the horse, or they would simply fall off.

"Rush over, and we'll win."

Ma Fang led the horse, but she was always paying attention to the situation in her queue. Seeing many people fall off the horse, she felt distressed.

What a fighter.

They have been fighting for the Ming Empire until now, seeing that there is a way of life ahead, but they have not been able to rush through alive.

At this time, Ma Fang's eyes were wide open, her left hand was holding the rein of the horse, and her right hand was wielding a sharp saber, slashing fiercely at the Tartars rushing up from the side.

The moment he raised the knife and dropped it, several carbine spears stabbed out from behind and ruthlessly plunged into the bodies of the other two tartars.

The Ming army and the Tartars intersected each other like two straight lines. Fierce battles broke out at the intersection, and people continued to fall.

There are more arrows flying towards the formation of the Ming army, but no one hides.

At this time, they would rather bear an arrow, as long as they hold the reins tightly, they still have a chance to rush out.
(End of this chapter)