Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 18
The Ming army in the river bend also discovered this sudden cavalry.

Wang Chengen quickly took out the binoculars from the leather pouch at his waist and handed them to Chongzhen. This telescope was dedicated to Chongzhen by Tang Ruowang, Qin Tianjian.

Chongzhen took it and opened the telescope, and began to observe carefully.

Gong Yonggu, Wang Jiayan and other dignitaries and officials also gathered around.

"Hey, tell me, could this cavalry be sent by Pingxibo?"

"What are you thinking? Ping Xibo doesn't know that the Holy Majesty is in the Chahar Grassland."

"I don't know if this cavalry is the Guanning Army, but it is definitely not the Mongols."

"Well, most of the Mongols used Sulu ingots, and this cavalry used big banners."

"It's not a Mongol, so whose cavalry would it be?" The last person to speak was Wang Wei, who was being inspected by the Imperial Academy, and after a short pause, he suddenly called out, "Shouldn't it be the cavalry of the bandits?"

"You guessed it right, it's the Rogue Cavalry!" Chongzhen put down the binoculars and said.

The equipment of the thieves is rather messy, which is very different from that of the Ming Dynasty army.

The fighting power of the Ming Dynasty's army is scumbag, but the costumes and equipment are still relatively uniform.

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "It is estimated that I was arrested under the order of the intruders. The intruders really want to kill them all. I have already hid in the Chahar Grassland, and I still refuse to let them go."

"Is it really a thief?" Wang Wei said with a bitter face, "Now we are in big trouble."

While the monarch and his ministers were talking, they saw two cavalrymen coming out of the bandit formation and rushing towards the Mongols.

"Hey, look, look quickly." Xuancheng Bowei Shichun yelled suddenly, "There are two bandits who went to the Mongols. I guess they went to collude with the Mongols. Join forces and beat us."

"Ah? So what should I do?" Huian Bo Zhang Qingzhen's face turned pale with fright.

On the contrary, Wang Jiayan, Jin Xuan, Meng Zhaoxiang and other civil officials did not change their faces.

It has to be said that the Ming Dynasty still retained some seeds of reading and the character of literati.

Chongzhen glared at Zhang Qingzhen and Wei Shichun, and snorted, "Don't worry, rogues and Mongols can't get along because I only have one head."

……

The two sides really didn't agree.

After hearing Li Yan's intention, Bori Tie Chi Na simply refused.

"This is absolutely impossible. This group of Ming troops slaughtered a settlement of our Gongtu tribe for no reason, and even caused huge losses to our Gongtu tribe in Wuling Valley, so we will not let any one go!"

Li Yan frowned and said, "We only need the leader among them, and the rest belong to you."

"I said no, the eagle on the grassland will never share its prey with other animals." Boriti China said angrily, "And you, breaking into the territory of our Gongtu tribe for no reason is a serious matter." The provocative behavior, you are limited to withdraw from Chahar and the grassland within half a day, otherwise you will bear the consequences."

"Oh, what if we don't?" Li Yan didn't take the threat of Bori Tie China at all.

It's not that the Dashun army has never fought against the Mongols, isn't Zu Dale and Zu Kuan's thousand barbarians the Mongols?And it was the elite of the Mongols, so what happened?
Wasn't he beaten to ashes by their Dashun army?

Today's Mongolian cavalry is no longer the Mongolian cavalry of four hundred years ago.

The world today is no longer the world of Genghis Khan's time.

The glorious era belonging to the Mongolian cavalry is gone forever.

"You're looking for death!" After hearing the interpretation of Li Yan's entourage, Boritie China was furious, and then took out his bow and arrow, and shot at Li Yan.

Li Yan drew his bow to block it, and then shot an arrow with his backhand.

Bori Tie China also dodged and was about to shoot the second heavy arrow at Li Yan, but found that Li Yan and Li Yan had already reined in their horses and galloped towards the main formation.

In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides had reached thirty steps.

Boritiechina shot the second arrow without hesitation, but it was a pity that he failed to hit it. The riding skill of the Ming Dynasty man on the opposite side was much better than he imagined, even as good as the warriors among their Mongols.

Hai Rigu wanted to launch a large army charge, but was stopped by Bori Tiechina.

Because the position of the Gongtu cavalry is extremely unfavorable, it happens to be in the middle of the Hewan Ming army and the later Ming army.

"Let's go to the southwest corner of Hara Hetao and set up a camp first."

"Send someone to take the golden arrow of Bogda Chechen Khan to other tribes to ask for reinforcements."

Not only Bori Tie China and Gongtu tribe, Li Yan who returned to the formation also realized that it would be difficult to break the current deadlock in a short time, so he also decided to set up camp first, and then ordered Feiqi to find Li Yan. Friends and Gu Kecheng.

……

However, the two reinforcements were not the first to arrive.

In addition to the Gongtu tribe and Li Yan's troops who had rushed to Hara Hetao, the [-] barbarians led by Hu Xinshui had also tracked down the Wuling Valley mentioned by Boritie China.

Moreover, Hu Xinshui and Hu Guozhu and his son have already finished surveying the battlefield.

Facing his eager son, Hu Xinshui asked with a smile, "Boy, tell me about your discovery."

"Yes." Hu Guozhu replied again, "Abba, the Ming army fought against the Gongtu tribe here, and before the Gongtu cavalry arrived, the Ming army built a protective wall in advance. .”

"The retaining wall of the Ming army was temporarily built with grain bales, saddles and wood."

"Abba, look at these traces. There are holes left by two rows of wooden stakes."

"Grain was also sprinkled among the stakes, which shows that the Ming army used grain bags to build the parapet."

"In this battle, the cavalry of the Gongtu tribe suffered a great loss, and many people died."

"Looking at the horse manure left on the ground, judging from the freshness, there should be three groups of people."

"The fine horse dung should be left by the Ming army. The rough horse dung is from the war horses of the Gongtu tribe. The freshest horse dung seems to be left just last night. It may be other people invited by the Gongtu tribe. Horde reinforcements."

After a pause, Hu Guozhu pointed to the wild mountains on the west side and said: "In the end, the Ming army went west, but the cavalry of the Gongtu tribe and the reinforcements later went in the wrong direction for some reason."

"Haha, the boy has made progress." Hu Xinshui rubbed Hu Guozhu's head and said, "You are right in what you said earlier, but the last sentence is wrong. The cavalry of the Gongtu Department and the reinforcements afterward did not chase in the wrong direction."

"How come?" Hu Guozhu said, "Abba, do you see the horse manure and horseshoe marks on the ground?"

"Boy, sometimes what you see with your eyes may not be true." Hu Xinshui's expression became serious, and he continued, "Do you know the origin of the ancestors of the Gongtu tribe?"

Hu Guozhu said: "It seems to be a slave of our gold family?"

Hu Xinshui said: "To be precise, they are the slave hunters of our Golden Family, who are responsible for hunting for our Golden Family. The greatest skill of their tribe is to track their prey. As long as they are targeted by them, no prey can escape, even if it is the prey. Several days have passed, and they can also distinguish the scent of the prey and the exact direction of escape from the residual breath in the air, so no one can escape the tracking of the Gongtu tribe, whether it is hiding in the mountains or fleeing into the desert It's useless."

Hu Guozhu said: "Does this mean that the army has really gone to the north?"

"Yes, I went north." Hu Xinshui said, "Your father and I grew up in the Gongtu tribe when I was young. I have learned prey tracking from the previous generation of Gongtu tribe for more than ten years. I will definitely not go wrong. .”

After finishing speaking, Hu Xinshui shouted again: "Let's go!"

"Go!" Hu Guozhu quickly followed.

……

Chongzhen's brows were already knitted into a ball.

Because more than [-] cavalry from the Gongtu tribe had already camped in the southwest corner of the river bend, and more than [-] bandit cavalry who arrived later also camped in the northwest corner.

The distance between the three camps is only more than a thousand meters, it can be said that chickens and dogs meet each other.

Whenever there is any trouble in one family, the other two will immediately find out.

Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for the Ming army to break through from the front, and if they waded through the east, it would be difficult to hide from the Gongtu tribe and the bandits.

At that time, the Mongolian cavalry and the bandit cavalry will surround them from both wings, and their thousand cavalry will be eaten to pieces.

The reason is very simple, if the Ming army does not move, the Mongolian cavalry and the thief cavalry will not act rashly because they are afraid of each other, but once the Ming army cavalry moves first, then the Mongolian cavalry and the thief cavalry will definitely put aside their hostility for the time being and unite Stop them, more than a thousand Ming cavalry.

But it can't be dragged on forever.

The bandits will not only come with two thousand cavalry. If there is no accident, the two thousand cavalry are just the vanguard, and there must be a brigade of bandits behind them. There is a high probability that the Mongolian cavalry from each tribe will come for reinforcements within a few days.

By that time it will really be dead.

The situation seemed to be at an impasse again.

Even worse than it was in Beijing eight days ago.

Because the city of Beijing is huge, there are nine gates in the inner city alone.

Moreover, Chongzhen knew what would happen in Beijing next, so he could respond in advance.

But now, trapped in this small creek with a clear view, every move of the Ming army is under the surveillance of the enemy, and they have lost the advantage of prophets, so they don't know what will happen next.

Now, Chongzhen was helpless.

At this moment, a thief came slowly.

Chongzhen's heart moved slightly.

Is this trying to persuade me to surrender?
(End of this chapter)