Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 146 Dayuan’s Last Savior——Wang Baobao
According to the experience of grassland Mongolians grazing and hunting in the grasslands, they adopt three-sided attack to leave an escape route, and then let the prey consume energy while escaping. Finally, when the prey is exhausted, they can easily obtain all win.

And Sa Renbuhua soon discovered another weakness of Wang Baobao's army.

That is the number of cavalry in Wang Baobao's army, which is less than [-], and there are also a large number of infantry.

Although the enemy has a lot of carriages, the carriages can only be fixed on the battlefield as an obstacle to resist horses. When fighting on the battlefield, infantry still need to run with their legs. In this way, they are completely behind the nomadic army. speed.

Taking advantage of the cavalry's fast attack and slow attack, Sa Renbuhua has almost seen victory beckoning to him.

However, Sa Renbuhua obviously underestimated his opponent. The infantry that Wang Baobao brought this time were definitely not simple infantry, but an elite team that used guns and artillery that he carefully trained in Liaoyang.

These soldiers were basically selected from the Jurchen tribe in Liaoyang, and they were extremely good at fighting on foot.

Now with the addition of firearms, Wang Baobao has a great chance of winning.

The Mongolian rebel army led by Sa Renbuhua immediately launched an attack from both sides. Wang Baobao commanded the army to fight in the center of the battlefield, with cavalry as the main defensive force on the two wings and infantry as the main force in the middle. formation.

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

Sa Renbuhua commanded the Mongolian rebels and launched a surprise attack from both wings. Bows and arrows fell from the sky like raindrops and hit the middle of Wang Baobao's army with crackling sounds.

However, most of Wang Baobao's army was equipped with shields and armor. The lethality of these bows and arrows was really limited. They could only be used to disrupt the formation of Wang Baobao's army, and did not provide much damage.

Moreover, Wang Baobao did not send his own cavalry to chase to both sides after being attacked as Sa Renbuhua expected. Instead, he immediately beat the war drum, and the infantry in the middle moved slowly to the two sides, while the cavalry retreated. lived in the center.

Sa Renbuhua and the Mongolian rebels were all taken aback when they saw this situation.

"What is Wang Baobao going to do? Is he planning to use infantry to counter our cavalry?" Sa Ren Buhua showed a shocked expression.

Immediately afterwards, they saw a scene that surprised them even more.

The infantry under Wang Baobao arranged the accompanying carts in a circular array, and blocked the Mongolian rebel cavalry in front of them.

"We're four against one, don't care about them, just charge up!" Sa Ren Buhua said without hesitation.

Woohoo! !

With the sound of dull and loud horns, tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry launched a decisive charge on the grassland. They charged towards the formation of Wang Baobao's infantry like a huge warhammer.

"Wu Zhenchao, listen to the order!" Wang Baobao roared.

"The enemy fires again when they reach fifty paces. Anyone who dares to fire early will be beheaded!"

The Jurchen infantry under Wang Baobao all use the latest guns and artillery. Although the power is not as powerful as the new firearms and artillery of the Ming army, they are far more powerful than the previous iron cannons.

However, loading these new gunpowder weapons is also extremely troublesome, and they can only shoot one round before the enemy rushes up.

So when to let these firearms fire is the most critical link.

Wang Baobao trained them for many days, so that they could obey orders completely on the battlefield and fire when they needed firepower the most.

The cavalry of the Mongolian rebels rushed towards Wang Baobao's army like a dark tide. When their forward troops rushed to a distance of about fifty paces, Wang Baobao gave an order, and the drums in the army blew in unison. Order to fire.

moment!

Streams of white smoke spewed out from the position of Wang Baobao's army.

The originally imposing Mongolian rebel cavalry suddenly seemed to hit an invisible wall, and a large number of people and horses fell to the ground and let out roaring screams.

The cavalry behind the rebels were also blocked by the corpses in front, and the offensive that was originally like a tide stopped instantly.

However, many cavalry rushed to Wang Baobao's army from the gap. These Mongolian rebels started to attack Wang Baobao's army with bows and arrows and spears and guns in their hands.

The Mongols on the prairie still maintained their bravery. Facing the mighty Mongolian rebels, Xiao Ying was good at fighting, and Wu Zhenchaoha also panicked for a while. Wang Baobao immediately noticed this situation, and he immediately ordered to fight again. The war drum was sounded, and a strict order was issued. Anyone who dared to take a step back was killed immediately on the spot by the Mongolian supervising team. The rebels waged a bloody battle.

"artillery!"

"Sound the order! Let the artillery come out of the array to attack."

Wang Baobao saw that the battle line was already in a state of anxiety, and the rebels had densely piled up in front of his formation, so he immediately ordered the artillery to bombard him.

Pity the rebels on the prairie, they don't know the power of these new artillery.

With loud rumbling noises, dozens of cannons in Wang Baobao's army spewed out flames of death.

The rebels of Biligutai and other tribes fell in a pool of blood one after another.

The Wuzhenchaoha infantry, dominated by the Jurchens, immediately took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

Later, Wang Baobao ordered his younger brother Alu Timur to lead the cavalry to charge back the Biligutai tribe from both wings.

The rebels couldn't stop them at all, and immediately fell into chaos.

It didn't take long for the rebels, who were originally imposing, to be defeated immediately.

The entire battlefield was filled with the sound of roaring guns and artillery, as well as the screams of the rebels fleeing desperately.

"Come on, kill!"

Alu Timur brandished the spear in his hand and led the cavalry to launch a Jedi counterattack against the Mongolian rebels.

Under the bombardment of Wang Baobao's muskets and artillery, the Mongolian rebels could not be stopped by relying on the bows and arrows in their hands.The warriors of the Beligutai tribe were the first to be defeated, and then the other tribes fled northward in a panic when they saw this scene.

Then, after more than half a day of chasing and killing, the entire resistance force of the rebel army was wiped out by Wang Baobao. Only a few lucky ones escaped their pursuit and fled northward along the vast grassland Gobi.

This battle not only killed Sa Ren Buhua, the leader of the Beligutai tribe, but most of the leaders of the other rebels were also captured or beheaded.

Wang Baobao gave a very tolerant policy to these captured rebel leaders.

He adopted methods to appease these rebel leaders, supplemented by killing them.

Most of the rebel leaders immediately expressed their loyalty to Wang Baobao, expressed their willingness to support the orthodoxy of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and supported all the decisions of the Great Yuan Prince and Grand Master Wang Baobao.

The leader of the Biligutai tribe, Sarenbuhua, had already been killed in the rebellion.

There were no more powerful figures on the steppe who could organize against the forces.

Afterwards, Wang Baobao released most of the captives. After all, they were all Mongols, and he didn't intend to kill them all. He just killed some of Sa Renbuhua's confidantes, and then escorted the captured rebel leaders back to the capital. .

After returning to the capital city, the news of the victory made the Yuan Dynasty rejoice.

The Great Yuan Dynasty had such thunderous means in dealing with the rebellion that all the Mongolian aristocratic officials seemed to see the hope of the Great Yuan's resurgence.

When Wang Baobao returned victoriously from the grassland, the Empress Dowager Da Yuanqi immediately led civil and military officials to greet him outside the city of Dadu.

"From now on, the Grand Master will hold a sword, as if I were here in person! I will kill the royal family and nobles, and I will kill corrupt officials and troublesome people. There is no need to ask me for instructions."

The little emperor Ai You, who was only ten years old, naturally couldn't think of these words, and his words were taught to him by the Empress Dowager Qi.

Now the entire Yuan Dynasty regards Wang Baobao as the last savior.

Give Wang Baobao the right to uphold Fang's sword, and no one who is ignorant of current affairs dares to stand up and oppose it.

"Now that I, Da Yuan, revive Tianwei, can I go south and wipe out those red scarf thieves?"

"Grand Master Wang is mighty, I have a great Yuan and a million victories!"

The civil and military officials in the capital city are full of hope for Wang Baobao. Many people think that Meng Yuan's army is now strong, and they want Wang Baobao to continue to fight the rebellion in the south, and they don't want to withdraw from the capital city.

But Wang Baobao's subsequent words interrupted all their fantasies.

Wang Baobao reported to the Empress Dowager Qi and the little emperor Aiyou.

Now the rebels of the various tribes on the grassland have been defeated, and the leaders of the various tribes have also sworn their loyalty to the Emperor Dayuan. The original uneasy factors on the grassland have been completely eradicated, and the time is right for the Yuan Dynasty to move north to the grassland.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone immediately exclaimed and objected.

None of these civil and military officials in the capital city wanted to give up their comfortable life in the Central Plains, and none of them wanted to go to the bitterly cold grasslands to blow the cold wind.

However, these objections could not stop Wang Baobao's decision in the slightest.

Even the empress dowager Da Yuanqi and the young emperor Aiyou didn't want to move the capital, but Wang Baobao vetoed it with a firm attitude.

"Queen Dowager, Your Majesty! The only thing I can defeat Sa Ren this time is the new artillery guns in the army. These guns and artillery are extremely precious weapons for my Dayuan, but for the Ming army, they are already very precious weapons." Usually, they have several times as many guns and artillery as we do, and their troops are ten times as many as ours. If we stick to the capital city, once they complete the encirclement, we won’t be able to escape even if we want to.”

"And once the situation is critical, even if we manage to escape to the grassland by chance, we will not be able to take away a lot of gold, silver, supplies, food, and people. Without food, grass and people, we will never have a chance to recover our strength when we reach the grassland. .”

"Now that the Ming army has not launched a full-scale attack, there is already a stable environment on the grassland. It is the best time for us to take the opportunity to retreat north. We will first move the food, grass, luggage and population to the grassland, and then lead the army and the civil and military forces. Hundreds of officials relocated."

"Take away everything that can be taken away, and take away all those who are willing to follow. If you can't take away something, kill and burn it."

Wang Baobao's strategy is to take away everything that can be taken away and destroy everything that cannot be taken away.

This trick can be described as very ruthless.

If the Dayuan army took everything away when they retreated, and then destroyed all the cities and villages in Dadu, Liaoyang, Shanxi and other places, then even if the Ming army occupied these places, it would take a long time to be able to Restore the population and strength to attack the Mongols on the grassland.

Wang Baobao carried the prestige of a great victory and did not allow anyone to question his decision.

After all, he was very aware of the strength of the Ming army. Once the Ming army launched a full-scale attack on the Yuan Dynasty, they would really have no power to parry.

Under Wang Baobao's tough attitude, officials of all sizes could only follow Wang Baobao's arrangement to arrange their subordinates and family members and prepare to retreat to the grassland.

The news that Wang Baobao had defeated the grassland rebels at lightning speed made Zhu Han's impression of Wang Baobao even higher.

Especially according to the spies' report, Wang Baobao was able to defeat the Mongolian rebels on the grassland this time, mainly relying on the firearms army composed of Jurchens - Wuzhenchaoha.

"What does Wu Zhenchao mean?" Zhu Han asked the spy.

"And tell His Royal Highness, this Wuzhenchaoha is the heavy soldier in Hu language, which means heavy infantry."

As an intelligence agent in the metropolitan city, he naturally knows very well about the Mongol Jurchens.

"Heavy soldiers, I understand. It seems that Wang Baobao really wants to learn from us. He defeated the Mongolian rebels this time, which made me appreciate him as a good student." Zhu Han said with a smile indifferently.

"Your Highness, aren't you worried that the Hu people will take advantage of this opportunity to grow stronger and cause trouble for our Northern Expedition in the future?" said Liu Bowen, governor of Shandong Province, who was sitting on the side.

Hearing Liu Bowen's words, Zhu Han didn't care.

"Mr. Bowen, to be honest, I am not only not worried, but also very happy, because this shows that muskets and artillery have an absolute advantage over Mongolian nomadic cavalry. People like Wang Baobao who have a five or six likeness like us can do it." After defeating these Mongolian rebels, when our Ming army attacks the grassland, our Ming army must be ten times stronger than Wang Baobao, and it will not be a problem to deal with the nomadic army on the grassland." Zhu Han is very confident. Said.

Liu Bowen frowned, still a little too relieved.

"Since ancient times, Your Highness, the tribes on the grasslands have been very difficult to tame. I have inquired about some of the Mongolian courts and learned of some cunning methods of the Hu people. Once the Central Plains army attacks, the Mongols can run away. Even if we have muskets and cannons, if the Mongols evade and don’t fight, wouldn’t they return in vain?”

Liu Bowen said with some concern.

Liu Bowen's words are very insightful.

In history, the Central Plains dynasty has always been unable to completely solve the threat to the nomadic tribes of the grassland.

After all, nomadic tribes in these grasslands live in no fixed place, driving cattle, sheep and horses can wander around.

As soon as the army from the Central Plains came, they ran away completely.

When the army in the Central Plains retreats, they will follow them back.

In this way, after repeated tossing two or three times, the grain and grass reserves of the Central Plains Dynasty can be completely consumed, and it will even cause a depression where the people are struggling to make ends meet.

This can be said to be a millennium problem that plagued the Central Plains dynasty.

But for Zhu Han, this is no longer a difficult problem to solve.

"Sir, times have changed!"

While talking, Zhu Han took out a beautifully crafted musket from his waist.

"My Ming army is now equipped with more and more guns and artillery. With these things, we can build a strong fortress on the grassland with a very small number of troops. Once this fortress is completed, it will be hundreds of miles away. Nomadic tribes, don’t even think about grazing in peace, other than submitting to us, the rest is death.”

For how to conquer the grassland tribes, Zhu Han already had a complete strategy.

"The threat of the Mongols, whether it is now or in the future, has already entered our Ming Dynasty's control. When we pacify Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan, we will have enough manpower and material resources to build a group of fortresses on the grassland. The nomadic tribes are completely in the palm of my hand, Daming."

Southwest, Guizhou.

Buffalo Village was originally the village of a chieftain in Guizhou. Under repeated attacks by the Ming army, the chieftain in Guizhou fled immediately and disappeared without a trace.

The Ming army set up Guizhou Zuowei here.

Luo Guanzhong, a cadet of the Daming Royal Military Academy who had repeatedly made military exploits before, was promoted to captain of the artillery and left guard Qianhu in Guizhou.

After the arrival of the Ming army, they beat local tyrants and divided the fields.

A lot of land that originally belonged to the chieftain was distributed to the people of Guizhou.

For a while, both the Han people and the mountain people on various mountains expressed their strong support for the arrival of the Ming army.

Now that the Ming army has been fighting in Guizhou for more than half a year, the Ming army in each camp is a little tired.

Tang He, the commander of the capital of Guizhou, ordered all the ministries to rest collectively, leaving only a part of the elite to fight on the front line and monitor the movements of the chieftains.

As the representative of the new Ming army, Luo Guanzhong's Guizhou Zuowei naturally took on this important task.

Buffalo Village is located in the middle of the northern part of Guizhou. To the east is the territory of the original Bozhou Chieftain Yang, and to the west is the territory of Shuixi Chieftain.

The Yang family of Bozhou was defeated and fled under the attack of the Ming army, and the chieftain led his subordinates to flee to the territory of the chieftain of Shuixi.

Now that it has entered the autumn and winter season, the mountains on the Guizhou Plateau are cold and humid, and basically there will be no major battles.

The Ming army stationed here in Buffalo Village is led by Luo Guanzhong, but there are only five hundred.

There are two other camps of the Ming army behind the buffalo village.

These three camps formed a horned relationship with each other. Once one side had a battle, the other two could provide support.

"Master Qianhu, Fenghuang Ridge should send someone to deliver salt and sugar today, but no one came, should you send someone to take a look?"

A hundred households of the Ming army said to Luo Guanzhong, Qianhu, the commander of Buffalo Village.

Luo Guanzhong wrapped himself in a thick military padded coat. The winter here in Guizhou is much colder than that in the south of the Yangtze River. No matter how many clothes he wears, he always feels that the chilly air will be sucked into his body.

In order to resist the cold in winter, the soldiers of the Ming army will be equipped with a certain amount of brown sugar in their daily meals, and the soldiers will be specially boiled with brown sugar and ginger water to drive away the cold.

Therefore, for the Ming army in Buffalo Village, salt and brown sugar are very important strategic materials.

And the Phoenix Ridge behind them is on the only way for luggage transportation.

"Huang Shan from Qianhu in Fenghuangling is a cautious person. No matter what he does, he will never make a mistake. Why hasn't he arrived at this time today to deliver the supplies?" Luo Guanzhong was immediately puzzled when he heard the report from the hundreds of households under him. Get up.

You must know that among the three camps of the Ming army in Zuowei, Guizhou, Buffalo Village is at the forefront facing Shuixi Tusi. It is not only a guard outpost, but also a warehouse for future attacks.

So since the Ming army stopped attacking and resting.

The operation of transporting supplies to Buffalo Village from the rear for hoarding has never stopped

(End of this chapter)