Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 292 The Battle of Harawin Mountain
"Woooo..."

The situation is turbulent and party disputes are constant. Compared with the unrest in the pass, the land in the north of the Great Wall is full of killing spirit.

In spring, the grass is fertile and the water is beautiful. Herds of cattle and sheep chew grass and drink water by the river. Not far away is the temporary residence of hundreds of sentry cavalry.

Wearing thick fur coats, they sat bloatedly on low stools in the camp, some whistled tribal whistles, and some sang loudly.

It looks like they are the same as ordinary herdsmen, there is no difference.

Herds are their source of food, but as they are, they cannot slaughter cattle and sheep at will, but can only eat milk products from cattle and sheep to fill their stomachs.

The amount of this kind of dairy products is not much. Due to the cut off of the market, the entire Horqin tribes can only eat some porridge or mud food mixed with sorghum (sorghum) and dairy products.

The taste of the food is not good, but at least it can fill the stomach.

For these sentry cavalry, this kind of food is a very common meal on weekdays, and they usually only eat meat after winning a battle, or on the last day of every month.

A good meal is a rare thing for this sentry cavalry stationed on the edge of the Harawin Mountains.

They didn't know that the Ming army had defeated Chahar, so the defense was very lax.

Despite Huang Taiji's reminder, since the Horqin tribe is in the form of an alliance after all, the tribes don't really believe that the Ming army can continue to detour north to attack them after defeating Lin Danhan.

They even didn't believe that the Ming army would cross the Harawin Mountains to launch an attack, because in their view, the Harawin Mountains were high and densely forested and could not be crossed.

Therefore, they placed most of their troops on the southeastern foothills of the Harawin Mountains, not on the eastern foothills.

This also led to the emptiness of the Donglu defense, and when the group of sentinels were still singing in the camp, with the fall of a row of trees, a dusty post road in the Harawin Mountains was reopened.

Similarly, not only the post road was opened up, but also all the obstacles in front of the Ming army...

"Finally through!"

"Fortunately, this post road was fried by the earth-frying method back then, and there were no trees on the road, otherwise I'm afraid it would not be so easy to pass through."

When a row of trees fell and Ming soldiers began to dig out the roots, Sun Shoufa and Man Gui also laughed and chatted with each other.

Behind them, Zhu Youjian was observing the map, and then said:
"According to the information given to us by the various tribes of Harqin and some tribes in Horqin, the people stationed at the eastern foot are basically people from those small tribes."

"We have to ask them to transfer the soldiers and horses away first, and then report the location of the Obama camp. We will make a surprise attack at night."

Closing the map, Zhu Youjian looked at Jin Yiwei Qianhu behind him, and the other party also bowed and said:
"Don't worry, Your Highness, there is enough time."

After all, he turned around and asked people to send pigeons to contact the many small tribes in Horqin who had been communicating with the Ming army in private.

Compared with the Han people who are treated as slaves, even craftsmen need to work five or six hours a day, and they are very conscious of their lives, the Mongols are not strong in monitoring the Han people.

There are many Han people who fled north in the tribes of Horqin. As long as they have a skill, their status in the tribe will not be lower than that of ordinary Mongols.

Although Li Ruolian's Beizhen Fusi could not use the Han people to invade Jianlu and obtain their information.

But using the Han people to invade Horqin and win over some small tribes is simply a piece of cake.

This battle has not yet started, there are already many ghosts belonging to the Ming army in Horqin.

"As soon as the Horqin cavalry at the eastern foot withdraw, we will immediately raid Oba's camp."

"If you kill Auba and Horqin, there will be no leader. Our army will take the opportunity to control Horqin. It will be enough to move them south to Daning Mansion."

Zhu Youjian wanted to take the route of moving the northern captives inward and the Han people outward. Of course, this route did not refer to moving the Mongols to the pass, but to move them to a place close to the Han people's residence.

From ancient times to modern times, the reason why the dynasties who did this in the past failed was because of the shortage of population, and Daming happened to have too much population at the moment.

The total number of Mongols in Monan, Mobei, and Moxi is only [-] to [-], and the Mongols in Central Asia are at most less than [-] million.

Move some of them inland, and then move some of the Han people out, enough to dilute them with the number of people. Zhu Yuanzhang also used this method in the early Ming Dynasty, and it was very easy to use.

What's more, for many Mongolian nobles, as long as Zhu Youjian is willing to give them the title of Lord Wu, who would like to graze grass and blow sand on the grassland?
"The army is stationed on the mountain road, and the bushes are used as cover to prevent the passing herdsmen from seeing it."

Zhu Youjian commanded the army to start the deployment, but it brought him back to the time when he was a big soldier.

Also under his arrangement, after clearing the roots of the trees, the Ming army began to collect bushes to cover the cleared post road.

Looking back, the post road that Zhu Di presided over to build back then was only cleaned up by Zhu Youjian and the others about half of it.

"In the future to govern the land of Nu'ergan, it is necessary to overhaul the post road..."

Looking at the post road cleared behind him, Zhu Youjian nodded secretly, and then began to rest with the army, waiting for internal responses from Horqin's many small tribes.

If they can succeed in responding internally, then the Ming army can abandon the two hundred five-jin cannons in the army and rush to the Oba camp with light clothes.

But for the specifics, we still have to wait for the news...

At this moment, Zhu Youjian was sitting on a tree stump, and he didn't know what happened in the south. All he had to do was win the battle and further reduce Jianlu's living range.

This battle is over, and the next battle against the north will be able to clean up the Jiancap...

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian looked up at the blue sky and the white clouds.

Not long after, the carrier pigeons were released, and they flapped their wings and flew into the sky. Dozens of them flew towards the east, passing over the grasslands and hills, and finally only a few of them flew into an earthen city standing on the banks of the Taer River (Nen River). middle.

Carrier pigeons fly into a wooden house. There are more than a hundred pigeon cages in this wooden house. Hundreds of carrier pigeons are resting and dozing in the cages.

After the pigeon landed, it skillfully searched for water and food by itself, until the door of the wooden house was opened half an hour later.

"squeak……"

The creaking door was pushed open, and a thin herdsman in Mongolian costume with disheveled hair walked into the wooden house. After closing the wooden door, he saw homing pigeons looking for food in the food box.

Seeing this, he hurriedly stepped forward to grab the pigeon, and pulled out the letter from the pigeon's leg, and hundreds of characters were densely written on the thumb-sized letter paper (you can read the ancient imperial examination cheat sheet).

With the human eye alone, it was difficult to see the content clearly, so the man walked to a nearby table, found a single lens similar to a magnifying glass, and aligned it with the content on the letter paper.

[The warship is ready, just wait for the east wind.In the land of Shan Yu, the wolves are sealed off to live in Xu, and there is no...]

The densely packed small characters, if written with a normal lower-case pen, it is impossible to write so many characters.

To write such a small script, you can only write with a special pen made of two or three whiskers of a mouse. If it is written by a person with excellent eyesight, such a piece of paper the size of a thumb is enough to write thousands of words...

"The wait is finally here..."

When this person read the hundreds of characters clearly, what he blurted out was undoubtedly the official language of Ming Dynasty. After reading the letter paper, he immediately folded the letter paper and ate it in his mouth.

After chewing and swallowing, he immediately walked out of the wooden house, and after locking the wooden house, he glanced at the simple wooden houses around, and then walked towards the wooden house in the center of Tucheng.

Compared with ordinary wooden houses, this wooden house can also be said to be a small courtyard, and its gate is guarded by two teams of Mongols in simple chain mail.

When the Han man who spoke Ming Dynasty Mandarin tried to enter the compound, the two teams of Mongols not only did not stop him, they even hugged him.

He walked into the compound in a hurry, crossed the courtyard, and when he came to the meeting hall, a Mongolian man as old as fifty years old was sitting on a tiger leather chair, reading the Ming Dynasty novel "Three Words and Two Beats" in his hand. .

"Omubutaiji, your wealth has come."

"Huh?" Seeing the Han man walking in and uttering these words with his arms across his chest, Omboo got up immediately and said, "What do you mean?"

"His Royal Highness King Qi has already led troops to the eastern foot of the Harawin Mountains. Right now, Tai Jineng and the following tribes only need to withdraw from the sentry horses at the eastern foot, and the subordinates will lead the way and lead the troops to the city of Grejurgen. It will be a breeze. win Obama."

"At that time, according to Hetao's example, you will at least be an uncle of the Ming Dynasty!"

"They really crossed the Harawin Mountains?" Omubu couldn't believe it. After all, the Harawin Mountains are all virgin forests. Leading an army across more than [-] miles of virgin forests is not what he knows. of.

However, if the Ming army really did it, then he can also take refuge in Daming with determination.

"It's here." The Han man folded his chest and saluted, but Omubu hesitated for a moment, and then said:

"I can ask people to evacuate for one night. If His Royal Highness King Qi can lead troops to attack the city of Glejurgen within one night, then I will help His Royal Highness Qi resist the rebellion that is counterattacking from the south."

"Taiji, your decision is extremely wise. I believe you will become an uncle of Daming soon."

The Han people saluted after hearing the sound, and then said: "I will take people to search for the traces of His Highness King Qi in person, please give me your military order, Taiji."

"Take it." Omubu, who wanted to speculate, immediately took off an iron seal around his waist. This was the official seal that the Ming Dynasty had bestowed on Horqin's tribes, and Omubu also had one.

On weekdays, this seal represented that he had personally arrived at the front line, and this seal was handed over to the person in front of him, which naturally represented the right to deploy troops.

After receiving the seal, the Han man turned around and left immediately. After taking a horse from the stable, he rushed out of Tucheng with two Mongols and ran westward.

Along the way, he kept using the seal of Ombu to change horses in various departments. Just before dark, he ran for more than two hundred miles, holding a torch, carrying a back full of loud arrows, and holding this crossbow, he began to surround Harawin. Every three miles the mountain shoots a clattering arrow.

The two Mongols behind him also knew that he was Daming's Jinyiwei, so they didn't think it was strange to help Daming deal with Horqin.

In this era when the wave of national thought has not yet risen, they don't care whether they are ruled by the Han or the Mongols.

If it weren't for the fear of being cut off by the Ming army when going south, many Mongols would even take the initiative to flee south.

Throughout the more than [-] years of the Ming Dynasty, there were many examples of Han people fleeing north and Mongols fleeing south.

The difference is that most Mongols who fled south needed guides and referrals, while Han people would basically be given preferential treatment as long as they fled north and were blacksmiths and carpenters.

Now that their Urad tribe has the chance to surrender to Ming Dynasty, who would still eat sand on the grassland?
Didn't you see what King Qi looked like when he swept north?Staying in the grassland is a dead end...

"boom!"

"Beep--"

When Jin Yiwei led two Mongols to shoot another sounding arrow in a mountain depression, it was different from the previous dozens of failures. After the sounding arrow was shot this time, the response of the wooden whistle came from the mountain depression.

"I found it. You go to inform the various ministries that they are going to move north and south. Baylor who cooperates well. I will give them credit."

"Yes!" Hearing Jin Yiwei's promise, the two Mongols immediately rode back to all the tribes they passed along the way, preparing to inform them to move south and north, avoiding the route of the Ming army.

After the two of them rode their horses away, more than a dozen Ming army Tangqi rushed out of the mountain, and for this Jin Yiwei who had been in Modong for more than two years, seeing the armor and banner of the Ming Dynasty was enough to make him Nose sour.

He raised his hands high and said to the vigilant Tang riders:

"Jinyiwei North Town Fusi Monan Thousand Households Office, Horqin Hundred Households Office, Ma Dayong, a small banner official from the Urad Department, is here to open the way for His Highness!"

Hearing the familiar Daming official words, a group of Tangqi relaxed a little vigilance, but still went out for more than ten miles to investigate, and searched Ma Dayong at the same time, and then led him through the long post road to Zhu Youjian. in front of.

"Jinyiwei North Town Fusi Monan Thousand Households Office, Horqin Hundred Households Office, and Ma Dayong, a small banner officer of the Urad Department, see Your Highness, His Highness Chitose..."

When Zhu Youjian appeared in front of Ma Dayong, Ma Dayong immediately stood up and bowed, and Zhu Youjian nodded slightly because he didn't kneel down.

Anyone who is familiar with him knows that he doesn't like people kneeling and bowing, which also shows that Jin Yiwei knows him better, reducing the possibility of others impersonating him.

"How? Which tribes are willing to submit to Ming Dynasty? Where is Auba now? How many troops?"

Zhu Youjian asked three consecutive questions, and Ma Dayong responded to all of them:

"Right now, the Urad, Ming'an, and Hara tribes are all willing to surrender, and they have also made way for our army to advance."

"Half a month ago, Huang Taiji reminded Auba that His Highness might surprise him, so he moved to the city of Glejurgen, which is more than three hundred and forty miles away."

"Geljurgen City is a rammed-earth city, one foot three feet high and one foot wide. There are more than [-] herdsmen outside the city, more than [-] nobles in the city, and more than [-] soldiers and horses from the Oba tribe. "

"If His Highness destroys Auba, it is estimated that the other tribes will also be willing to submit to my Ming Dynasty. They are already dissatisfied with Auba surrendering to the old slave..."

Ma Dayong gave Zhu Youjian a brief description of the situation, but what Zhu Youjian didn't expect was that Auba was so far away from them.

Obviously, under Huang Taiji's reminder, he took precautions, and Zhu Youjian had to change his plan to punish him.

He originally thought that Auba would lead people nomads in the eastern foothills, so he wanted the cavalry to kill him directly.

Now it seems that we still have to bring artillery to go, but it is not a good thing to stretch the baggage line for a distance of three hundred and forty miles.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian ordered Man Gui:

"Longxiang guards and [-] five-jin cannons stationed at the mountain pass, and the other three guards carried the remaining [-] cannons, half of the gunpowder and stone bombs, and ten days' rations, and we rushed to the city of Geljurgen! "

"Yes!" Man Gui responded immediately, and didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhu Youjian's arrangement, but he added in details:

"Your Highness, will you arrange for Long Xiangwei and the folks to clear some trees to prevent someone from attacking?"

"Hmm..." Zhu Youjian looked around and calculated the time. He really needed to be on guard against fire.

Although he didn't believe that any of Horqin's tribes would dare to cut off his food supply, he still had to have the most basic precautions.

So in his order, an hour later, more than [-] riders from the three guards of Habayashi, Tiance, and Xiaoqi began to pull [-] five-jin cannons and more than [-] carts of stone ammunition and gunpowder, and used them in Mada. Under the leadership of the leader, they marched towards the city of Glejurgen.

The army galloped on the grassland, and the vast Horqin prairie basically did not give them a safe place to rest. The army could only take a short rest for an hour or two before continuing to march, and at the same time put the Tangqi far enough.

Fortunately, Ma Dayong used Omubu's seal to make some small tribes avoid the route of the army, which allowed Zhu Youjian and the others to force more than [-] miles in three days.

When they were discovered by the Mongols in Gelejurgen City, it was already the night of March [-], and the news of the appearance of the Ming army and the news of the sentry being attacked and killed continued to spread from the west to the city of Gelejurgen .

"The Taiji and Ming armies are already less than sixty miles away from our army. Do you want to gather the troops and enter the city? Call other troops to defend against the enemy?"

In the civil structure meeting hall in Glejurgen City, when a Baylor asked Auba who was on the main seat, Auba, as the leader of Horqin, did not give orders directly, but looked at the person on his left.

In the candlelight, Huang Taijin's obese body appeared in the dim hall, but at this moment he calmly said in Mongolian:

"I only know that the Ming army is coming. Haven't you seen whose banner they are flying?"

"We..." Baylor was at a loss for words, and he said after a while: "We can't break through their Tangqi, and we can't see their central army and big banner..."

"What about the quantity?" Huang Taiji frowned. He didn't expect that Horqin's group of people were so useless that even the middle army of the Ming army couldn't get close.

"This..." Baylor looked hesitant, and told Huang Taiji in disguise that he didn't even know the number of the other party.

"What should we do now? Huangtai Jibel..."

Faced with the lack of intelligence, Auba could only place his hope on Huang Taiji, because he brought [-] horse infantry and [-] cavalry for this battle.

Huang Taiji arrived in Glejurgen City three days ago, and he has been waiting for the Ming army to appear.

He didn't think that the main force of the Ming army could cross the Harawin Mountains. In his opinion, the Ming army might attack from the south with the main force, and the Harawin Mountains should send a small number of partial divisions to cross.

As a result, he did not expect that there was a post road left by Ming Chengzu Zhu Di in the Harawen Mountains, and Zhu Youjian took advantage of this post road to directly lead the main force across the Harawen Mountains and launched a surprise attack from the west of the Horqin Alliance.

But apart from this point, what Huang Taiji didn't expect was that during the first half of the [-]-mile journey from the Harawin Mountains to the city of Glejurgen, no tribe reported to Auba.

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji glanced at Auba, mocking him secretly that he is really a waste, even Horqin can't control him.

But even if Auba is a waste, he is the leader of Horqin after all. Auba with this name has a lot of uses for Huang Taiji, so he can't give up Auba.

Therefore, when the number of the Ming army and the main general are unknown, Huang Taiji can only imagine the imaginary enemy as Zhu Youjian and Man Gui, who have never appeared, or Sun Chuanting and Cao Wenzhao.

After Lin Danhan was defeated and fled to Haila'er, the sentry cavalry he sent hadn't brought any news, because Huang Taiji had very little information.

But he knew very well that no matter who led the army or how many people there were, the lifeblood of the Ming army lay in logistics.

During the nearly [-]-mile expedition, the logistics were extremely important to the Ming army. What he had to do now was to cut off the Ming army's logistics and send the Ming army a disastrous defeat!
"I'm going to gather my troops and horses to go north and leave the city. You don't have to worry about what I'm going to do. You take your men and use the sixty iron cannons I brought to defend the city."

"Remember, hold on for at least six days, as long as you can hold on for six days, I will be able to wipe out this expeditionary force of the Ming court!"

Huang Taiji looked straight at Auba, and Auba felt a little uneasy when he heard the words, but he still nodded.

But at this time, the Baylor who spoke just now said:

"Don't you need to pass on Baylor and Taiji? Now that the main force of the Ming army has not arrived, we still have a chance."

"Communication? Hehe..." Huang Taiji sneered:
"The Ming army came to this place from the east foot, more than [-] miles, and more than ten tribes along the way did not report the news. Do you think the tribes in the south and north are reliable?"

"I'm afraid they all got a lot of promises from the Ming court. If you can't eat a part of the Ming army, or severely damage the Ming army, then even if the Ming army withdraws, you will lose your position as the leader."

Huang Taiji got up, walked to the door with one hand on the handle of the knife, turned his head and explained in annoyance:

"Remember, hold on for six days, I only need six days!"

After finishing speaking, Huang Taiji turned and left. Half an hour later, when the Ming army advanced another [-] miles, Huang Taiji led the army to the north.

The more than [-] horse infantry are two-thirds of Huang Taiji's family property. He must get something from the Ming army in this battle, otherwise they will really have to be trapped to death in the same place as Zhu Youjian imagined. Slave did it.

"drive!"

As the army marched north, the sound of rumbling horseshoes continued, and Huang Taiji, who was on horseback, even gave an order:

"Whether it is Han or Mongolian along the way, shoot and kill all of them, and don't expose our army's whereabouts."

"I don't care who the leader of the Ming army is, in short, what I need in this battle is a big victory!"

"Yes!" Gushan Ezhen, Jiala Ezhen and other generals of the Golden Army responded to Huang Taiji and spread the news to the whole army.

The army marched northward, and almost at the same time they were turned westward, the Ming army arrived at the city of Geljurgen at the same time, drinking the Matar River...

(End of this chapter)