prosperous age

On the endless plain, on a narrow dirt road, a group of Ming army cavalry walked slowly.

The affiliation of this army can be known from the flag held high by the leading knight, which is almost the highest standard of the Ming army.

Naturally, this cavalry was the army led by Sun Bin, the general soldier of Jizhen in the Ming Dynasty. They were ordered to rush to Zhengguantun to rescue the besieged Fujin tribe.

Although countless scouts had been scattered around, the battle situation was complicated now. As the general soldier of Ji Town, Sun Bin would not drive the soldiers to the battlefield carelessly.

The cavalry needs to reserve enough horsepower for the horses to ride, otherwise the combat power will be greatly reduced.

Of course Sun Bin understood this, so after Kuaima left Tongzhou, he asked his cavalry to slow down.

The horse left the city quickly, of course it was for Lu Yi, the deputy envoy of military preparation and Taoism.

Although most of the Tatars were active around Shunyi, and there were signs of gradually moving eastward, that is, to Sanhe and Pinggu, but who knew that the Tatars would not come out in full force when they found out that their troops were coming.

As far as Sun Bin is concerned, even if the Fujin Department is wiped out by the Tartars, it doesn't matter much, as long as he is not in danger.

As for the reason for slowing down the rescue, Sun Bin had actually already thought about it, that is, he had to contact Hu Zhen, the deputy general of Miyun, and the two Ming armies would jointly attack the Tartars in Zhengguantun.

Just as the army was advancing and gradually approaching Zhengguantun, several war horses galloped from a distance, and the soldiers in charge of guarding in the distance immediately cheered up and concentrated on looking over.

Not long after, several soldiers in front had already waved small flags in their hands.

That was a signal of safety, which meant that the person who came was the Ming army, one of our own.

Soon, two messengers of the Ming army galloped over on horseback, heading towards the position of the Yaqi of the Chinese army.

"It's the messenger I sent out."

Zhao Qin beside Sun Bin spoke.

Sun Bin nodded, indicating that he understood.

Of course Sun Bin knew about the messenger Zhao Qin was talking about, and he ordered him to contact Hu Zhen so that he could unify the battle plan.

In Sun Bin's plan, the two armies naturally had to set a time for the two armies to launch an attack on the Tazi army surrounding Zhengguantun at the same time, and the rest was out of his focus.

Hu Zhen is also an old man of Ji Town, so he naturally knows how to march in secret.

When the two messengers arrived, and before they could take down the letterbox behind them, Sun Bin asked, "Where did you find Vice President Hu's men?" '

"Commander, I met Vice President Hu's men at Lianghekou, twenty miles west of Pinggu."

While talking, they had untied the letterbox and handed it to the soldiers next to them.

The soldiers took out the bamboo tube after receiving it, and handed it to Sun Bin after checking that the sealing paint was intact.

Sun Bin opened his eyes and nodded, "Go down and rest."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said to Zhao Qin, "Call Feng Zhao and Yan Zhan over immediately."

"Master, is it going according to plan?"

Zhao Qin couldn't help but ask before leaving.

Tongzhou is not far from Sanhe, and even closer to Zhengguantun.

After half a day of marching, they were actually very close to there.

Sun Bin nodded slightly, and Zhao Qin knew that this meant that they would launch an attack on the Tartars outside Zhengguantun tomorrow morning.

It can be said that the war is imminent.

Different from Sun Bin's road, Hu Zhen led nearly [-] cavalry from Miyun this time to rescue Zhengguantun according to Yang Xuan's order. He did not take the shortest road, but wanted to detour to Pinggu.

However, shortly after sending away Sun Bin's messenger, he found that he was in trouble.

Originally, according to the battle reports collected at the time of departure, the main force of the Tartars was operating near Shunyi.

But when they passed Pinggu, they suddenly noticed that there were more Tartars in front of them. The scouts sent back warnings from time to time, and found that there were traces of Tartars.

This can be fatal.

You know, there are thousands of elite Tartars around, and they only have less than two thousand riders, which is not enough to give the Tartars their teeth.

After several consecutive warnings, Hu Zhen finally understood.

The Tartars didn't return to the pass by the same route, but planned to go in the direction of Pinggu to find an opportunity to leave the pass.

This is also because he was misled by the people who sent back the supplies from the Tartars. He thought that Huang Taiji would also go this way to get out of the wall, but he didn't expect that he would change places.

With this judgment, Hu Zhen knew that he couldn't go any further.

If you lead your troops to continue to rescue Zhengguantun, the further you go inside, the higher the chance of encountering Tartars, and the risk of exposure will be infinitely magnified.

After all, I don't know how many Tartar troops are around, and they will be exposed if they are not careful, and then they will be besieged.

Hu Zhen made a decisive decision, gave up going to Zhengguantun to rescue Fujin's troops, and led his troops to the east, moving towards Jizhou, avoiding the troops of the Tazi brigade.

At the same time, he also sent a messenger to detour to find Sun Bin's department from Tongzhou and inform them of their plan.

In Hu Zhen's opinion, it is impossible not to make a detour.

Although the distance between the two armies was less than a hundred miles, that is, about sixty or seventy miles, there were so many Tartars around, if they sent messengers to take a shortcut, they would definitely encounter Tartars.

At that time, don't believe that the delivery is not successful, and you will be exposed.

With this decision, he ordered his clerks to write the official documents and send them out on the courier, while adjusting his formation and running directly eastward.

Hu Zhen's decisive decision saved the lives of the Miyun cavalry. In fact, if they continued to move forward for a few miles, they would be discovered by the secret sentinel sent by Dalaisun, which would incur a fatal blow.

However, the way he sent people to deliver the letter by detour actually doomed that the letter would hardly fall into Sun Bin's hands.

Although even if you take a shortcut, there is a high probability that this letter will not be delivered.

In this way, the north-south attack planned by Yang Xuan to rescue Zhengguantun from the besieged Ming army was aborted. Hu Zhen gave up on carrying out this order, but Sun Bin didn't know anything about it, and ignorantly ran into the trap set by Huang Taiji.

"Taiji, the Ming army is here."

Outside Zhengguantun, Huang Taiji looked at the villages and towns in the distance with his hands behind his back, and he could still see the figures of Ming soldiers inside through the damaged earthen walls.

He likes admiring the appearance of the Ming army lingering, he thinks it is a pleasure.

However, Baduer's voice came from behind.

"Come? Where?"

Huang Taiji asked casually.

"More than 30 miles to the southwest, it seems that there are about 3000 people."

All answered.

"Who is leading the team?"

In ancient wars, the leaders and generals were still very important. After all, this is their merit.

The greater the fame of the opposing generals, the greater the glory brought to them.

"Our people dare not get too close, it is difficult to judge for the time being."

All answered.

"Is there any news from Sun?"

Huang Taiji was not in a hurry to go to war to wipe out this Ming army, but asked about the news from Sun.

"No, there are a lot of scouts out there, but we haven't received any news of the Ming army yet."

All answered.

"Shouldn't be."

Hearing that the Ming army was not found on Sun's side, Huang Taiji frowned, turned around and said to Ba Du'er.

"Maybe I'm afraid, or for some other reason, anyway, there is the Ming army, but I dare not come."

Ba Du'er didn't think too much, and directly said what was in his heart.

Huang Taiji looked up at the sky, there was still time before the sun went down, and he was already thinking about it.

"You send a few more teams of scouts to scout the direction of Jizhou, Sanhe and Tongzhou to see if there are other Ming troops coming."

Huang Taiji ordered.

After finishing speaking, he took a few steps forward and walked to his horse, but he didn't get on the horse, but turned his head and told Baduer after standing still: "You go to gather the troops, I don't think the Ming army will dare to fight today." Come to fight, we will take the initiative to go there and surprise them while they are camping."

"As you order, Taiji."

Ba Duer responded loudly.

He understood Huang Taiji's battle plan, and sent scouts to scout the surroundings to avoid the presence of other Ming troops.

As for dealing with the Ming army, it is to attack them by surprise.

When camping is often the time when the soldiers are most secure, because they can rest and eat immediately.

When the spirit is relaxed, most people will panic in the face of a sudden blow.

At that time, the sun had already slanted to the west, and night was coming. Outside a forest thirty miles away from Zhengguantun, a group of cavalry approached quietly.

"Marshal, it's that forest."

Zhao Qin pointed to the woods ahead and said to Sun Bin.

Sun Bin looked around casually, and felt that this forest was the only one suitable for them to hide in, so he said, "I will spend the night in the forest tonight and tell my subordinates not to light fires, but to eat dry food."

After thinking about it, he added: "In addition, send more sentry cavalry around to cover this area."

Soon, the news of camping in the woods ahead spread throughout the army, and the soldiers of the Ming army became excited.

Anyone who sat on horseback for a day would feel irritable, and finally they could rest, and everyone naturally wanted to go into the woods earlier, even if it was just to dismount and take a few steps, it was better than continuing to sit on horseback.

"Baduer, look at that ivory flag, is it the flag of the general army of the Ming Dynasty?"

In the woods not far away, Huang Taiji hid behind a tree and asked, pointing to the Ming army column in the distance.

The Mongolian tribe and the Ming army have been at war for many years, and they are very familiar with the flag of the Ming army.

It's just that the distance is a bit far this time, Huang Taiji wasn't sure for a moment.

"It's very similar, maybe it's the chief soldier from Jizhen or the chief soldier from Baoding."

Staring at the distance, he took a long time before answering.

"Let the white robe outside pay attention, don't reveal your secrets."

Huang Taiji then ordered the soldiers around him to deliver the letter.

Nearby, they have already figured out several places where people can hide, and arranged secret sentries.

When the scouts of the Ming army came to investigate, the scouts of the Tartars did not show up. They waited for a few people to leave and report back, and then they suddenly attacked, killing several Ming soldiers and leaving a few alive.

After some torture and questioning, I learned the flag language of the Ming army.

The rest, of course, were the Bailian believers who were mixed in with the Mongolian army, who put on Ming army uniforms and sent various safety signals to the Ming army in the distance to lure the Ming army into being fooled.

As time passed, the Ming army brigade got closer and closer to the woods, and the tired expressions on the faces of the Ming army soldiers could be seen at a glance.

Seeing this, Huang Taiji couldn't help but feel happy. Opposite him was a general at the level of a general of the Ming Dynasty, which is rare.

Didn't see how happy he was when he killed Yang Zhao last time?
The achievements of that battle alone are enough to be passed down among the tribes in the grassland for a long time.

Unexpectedly, this trip to the vicinity of Dadu would give him a chance to kill a Ming general.

He had killed two commander-in-chiefs of the Ming Dynasty in a row within a year. When the news came back to the grassland, he should be able to take over the Khan's position.

On the grassland, the weak always obey the strong.

What is a strong man, it is natural that only those who can bring them to defeat the enemy can be respected as a strong man and become a great sweat.

With the results of these two battles, those brothers should be able to give up.

They, what to fight with me.

Huang Taiji was overjoyed and couldn't help but look back.

Behind him stood countless warriors on the prairie, they were the elite among thousands of warriors on the prairie.

At this moment, these people will rush out of the woods just waiting for his order, and rush to the Ming army on the opposite side, catching them by surprise and killing them without leaving any.

"Holding the flag is your goal. I want you to capture or kill the commander-in-chief of the Ming Kingdom alive. Can you do it?"

Huang Taiji suddenly turned his head, facing Badu'er, and asked with a serious face.

When the Ming army brigade was only two or three miles away from the woods, a Ming army scout outside the woods waved a small flag in his hand, which meant safety.

Sun Bin looked at the semaphore on the opposite side, and then ordered: "Go into the woods, each team officer restrains his subordinates, don't mess up."

As soon as Sun Bin finished speaking, he heard the piercing sound of a loud arrow.

"call out"

A loud arrow shot from the forest to the sky, Sun Bin's heart suddenly jumped, and he secretly shouted that it was not good.

The scouts of the Ming army will never fire arrows at this time.

This sound, I don't know how far it will spread.

At the moment when he lost his mind, countless cavalry rushed out of the woods, brandishing the scimitar in their hands, and charged towards them.

Countless arrow-shaped cavalry queues rushed towards the Ming army's marching ranks, and all the Ming troops trembled instantly.

in ambush.

This is the thought in the minds of all the Ming soldiers at this moment.

As the sound of horseshoes grew louder, two teams of cavalry rushed out from both sides of the forest, encircling the Ming army.

A cavalry scuffle was staged on the Great Plains, and at this time, in Xiyuan Yongshou Palace, Emperor Jiajing had already read the battle report sent by the Ministry of War.

But at this time, Emperor Jiajing was not in a good mood.

It's not that the Ming army lost any cities under the attack of the Tartars, or how many villages were destroyed, and it's not that countless people were reduced to the souls of the Tartars.

"Yang Xuan reported that the enemy bandits have fled eastward, but only before the Tartars crossed the Wenyu River and looted several villages and towns under the city wall of the capital. Does the factory guard have any news?"

After reading the battle report sent by the Ministry of War, Emperor Jiajing had strong doubts about what Governor of Jiliao Yang Xuan said at the beginning.

Hearing this, Huang Jin took a step forward and replied: "Your Majesty, the information I have obtained is that the Tartars are indeed traveling eastward and leaving the customs near Pinggu."

"So, Yang Xuan Zou Bao is true?"

Emperor Jiajing asked again.

"This"

Huang Jin didn't know how to answer for a moment.

But after all, Huang Jin has served Emperor Jiajing for many years, and immediately thought of a way to evade it: "My lord, the two elders are working in Wuyi Hall at the moment, why not ask them.

The cabinet knows the news of the imperial court the fastest. "

"So, since the Tartars broke the wall, what information has the factory guard found?"

Emperor Jiajing ignored Huang Jin and continued to ask questions.

Huang Jin is a bit of a loser, but at least he manages the East Factory, and only targets the officials in Beijing.

Now the wars are all happening outside the capital, but in fact it is Jin Yiwei's job to collect intelligence.

Kneeling down with a "Putong", he thought about the notes he had read in the past two days and replied: "Two days ago, the Jinyi Guardian reported that many people in Ji Town rumored that Tong Han and his son recruited the Tartars."