eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 493 Who Commanded This Battle?
"Which direction is the enemy coming from?"

Hearing the sound, Dayan Khan rushed out of the tent, the shaking torch could only illuminate the area in front of him, and when he looked up, it was pitch black.

How many people and where they are are not clear for a while.

So he asked the question.

However, several generals under him ran around nervously, and came back and replied: "Khan, the enemy is coming from all directions!"

"In all directions?! How many people are here?"

"It's too dark to see clearly!"

They were anxious on the spot, and each of them put on their horses and prepared to fight, but after tossing around for a while, they found that the so-called battles were concentrated in the fringe area, and the central place didn't actually feel like they were going to fight.

Dayan Khan gradually realized that something was wrong, relaxed, and said with a smile: "The Ming army's donkey skills are poor, and the empty city plan is just for show, and the night attack disturbs the enemy, and it is not very loud. Who will destroy this Ming army for this Khan?"

Kutai was the most intense, "Khan! The last general is willing to go!"

"Okay! I order you to lead three thousand fine cavalry. Remember, don't love to fight after defeating the enemy, go back quickly!"

"Yes!"

Yizhou was transferred by the Ministry of War to the commander of the Shandong capital Xue Si. He led more than [-] soldiers in the guard station. The Academy's trio.

The Tatar cavalry is unstoppable, and anyone who has read military books knows that it is impossible to attack during the day, so he formulated this strategy of night attack.

Considering that it was the first night, the night attack was mainly based on full momentum, first shooting arrows, then throwing some flints and dung, pretending to impact, and then all the soldiers and horses returned.

In the plains, there is no natural shelter like mountains, so the road can only be found during the day so that they can retreat as soon as possible.

In Xue Si's camp, a slightly rough map rose up, and he had a rough look at it to understand a meaning.

"If the little prince sees through our strategy, then forget it. According to the Tatars' combat habits, they should have gone to the countryside to plunder today. Now it's a day late, but it doesn't matter. There will definitely be food robbing tomorrow at the latest. Squad, we have our main target on them.

If he didn't see through our plan and sent someone to chase us out, I have already ordered you to follow the previously set route no matter where you go, and when the news comes, General Xue will lead his troops to stop it.

Generally speaking, the Tatars are inconvenient to move at night. Even if they send people, they will not let all 5 horses be dispatched, otherwise the front army will not be able to see the rear army clearly, and this battle cannot be fought.So there are at most a few thousand people.As for Commander Xue's 3 horses, as long as they don't retreat, they will add two classmates Feng and Deng to lead the militia to support.I dare not say a big victory, but I can still hope for a small victory. "

The person who spoke was named Chen Dabo, and he didn't have any position. He was one of the three members of the Yizhou team.

Xue Si is the commander, a senior provincial official. After hearing these words, he actually didn't react, but he was concerned that the so-called three-person team was directly appointed by the Ministry of War, and the emperor cared about it personally, whether it was through the academy or through his classmates. , It seems that they all have the relationship of reporting the battle situation upwards.

Otherwise, Xue Si wouldn't bird him.

He put on the official airs of the commander of the capital, and said: "I know the general, so you go down."

Chen Dabo understands the voice behind the words,

"Let's retire."

Liu Su, the magistrate of Yizhou, left a report: "Xue Dushi, the three-person team sent by the military academy is very familiar with how to fight the Tatars. According to my subordinates, what they said is quite reasonable. Xue Dushi is different. Views?"

Xue Si said: "I know what he said, and I want him to teach me how to fight? It's a joke."

Liu Su's official position is not as good as that of others, so it's hard to talk about it.

He could only listen to Xue Si start dispatching troops and generals.

Not long after, news came from outside that a group of men and horses had really chased them out.

Xerces pretended to be in control,

"Take the general's sword! Kill the Tartars!"

"Yes!"

Suddenly, the barracks horses neighed.

"This Xue Dushi wants to grab credit." Feng Tong'a, one of the three members of the team, said with some dissatisfaction.

Liu Su could see that what Xue Si arranged was what Chen Dabo said just now, but he treated Chen Dabo coldly, as if everything was thought up by him.

He also listened to Feng Tong'a's words, and to be honest, if Chen Dabo really had any dissatisfaction, he would not be able to make things right for Xue Si.

but,

Chen Dabo just shook his head slightly,
"I've also heard some... the envoys from Shandong and Henan provinces have been scolded by His Majesty. We are all people who have studied in military academies, so we should know that there is no room for falsification in wars.

Winning is winning, and losing is losing, and the enemy will not cooperate with him in acting.No matter what method he used in the past to become the commander of the capital, if he has no credit this time, His Majesty will definitely not spare him lightly.So he... is anxious. "

Another Deng Ziyan said: "That's the case, and it shouldn't be so disrespectful. It's really shameful."

"He doesn't care about the overall situation. We have to be ignorant of the overall situation. The battle of Mingmeng is what His Majesty cares most about. If there is a big defeat in Yizhou, we are both innocent and guilty. If there is a small victory, we are innocent." It is dark at night, and the soldiers in Shandong are not familiar with the road here, so we have to rely on Brother Feng and Brother Deng to lead the rural militiamen to support them."

Feng and Deng pinched their noses and recognized it.

"We'll take people to touch it!"

"Okay, then I will lead a group of people to ambush them on the way back!!"

The three encouraged each other, and then they were busy.

Liu Su, the magistrate of Yizhou, listened convincingly.

"It is said that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the military academy. I saw it today, and it is true! The insight and mind of the three really opened my eyes. I admire! Admire!"

"Liu Zhizhou's reputation is too high. It's just that you talk about knowledge and mind... This is actually not how good we are. Let's put it this way, the military academy has two characteristics. One is how to fight Tatars. You learn during the day and dream at night, so how do you fight? We all know it."

"What about the second feature?"

"Get promoted quickly." Chen Dabo smiled, "So it's not that we are big-hearted, but that the commander-in-chief can't take away our credit. To be disrespectful, the three of us have done less merit than him, and he was promoted. Still not as fast as us."

"This..." Liu Su has nothing to say, I just flatter you, you don't need to be so conceited.

"Don't believe me?" Chen Dabo didn't force it, "Liu Zhizhou can wait and see."

"If that's the case, why don't you know?"

"The reason is very simple, because in addition to learning how to fight, we also learn why to fight. There is a saying in the military academy that your majesty said that those who can fight must not understand court. We have all learned court."

What the emperor wants is not an official like Xue Si, what he wants is a loyal minister who understands the historical latitude and longitude and the righteousness of the nation.

Where are these people?Of course, in the military academy, otherwise why study so much history every day?
Of course, outsiders don't know this.

Chen Dabo didn't force it either.

"Liu Zhizhou, let's go too."

Speaking of Kutai,

He rode a war horse, and under the guidance of the torch, he also chased down some Ming army's escape routes for several miles.

As he imagined, the soldiers of the Ming army fled in a hurry, almost without the courage to resist, but in the dark night, it is not so easy to find these people running away.

The few victories made him a little annoyed, the flickering fire reflected his angry face,

"These cunning Han people!!"

Kutai was angry because he wanted to chase him down, but Da Khan had told him when he left the camp that the pursuit should not be too deep.

The environment where he couldn't see his fingers made him use his brain a little bit. After all, when the torch burned out, how to find the way back was still a problem.

The sitting horse was wheezing and wheezing, Kutai turned around a few times, and said rather unwillingly, "We're going back to the camp."

Soon after, Xerce went down to a dense forest led by the enthusiasm of the local people.

It is right to say that enthusiasm should be.

Ever since the Tatar soldiers began to attack Datong and the imperial court mobilized them to harvest wheat quickly, the common people knew that the Tartars were coming to harm them again.

The common people don't care about the duplication, the sage, they only care about one thing: labor and capital are now allocated to the fields, and it is absolutely impossible for the tartars to grab the food grown in the fields!

Later, Zhizhou Yamen brought the military academy team down and taught them how to unite and how to protect themselves.

Later, the imperial army came, also to fight the Tartars.

The stakes are so obvious, how can they not be enthusiastic?

The villagers are organized spontaneously. Thousands of people pass messages to each other on this dark land. They can be found in the reeds on the river bank and in the abandoned temples.

There are also three or two young people who lie flat on the river bank slope and listen to the movement of the Tatar army passing by without moving. There are a lot of mosquitoes in summer nights, but they are nothing in the face of the threat of death. They hold their breath and put their bodies as close as possible. Anpo waited for all these people to pass by before getting up, copying the field path, and delivering the message to the next location.

So Kutai was very strange, why there was no movement at all, but suddenly a Ming army blocked their way.

Because he couldn't imagine that his movements were completely figured out, and he couldn't imagine that the local people could walk out of another way in the dark.

"Report your name! Let me know which route you are the defeated general!"

Xue Si had no other thoughts.

Just say a word to the people around you.

"Words have been spread in the court. If we can't win this battle, no one will be able to keep us. With His Majesty's temperament, it is useless for anyone to intercede. 5 people, we have no ability. But 3000 people People... still have to make the brothers fight with their lives, otherwise not only will the old face be lost, but the head will also be lost."

He is surrounded by his confidantes, who can fully understand what he said.

"If you want a reward, you can use the heads of these Tartars in exchange!"

Having said that, everything else is superfluous.

"superior!!"

Tens of thousands of people moved together, as if the earth was shaking.

In the dark night, you can't see clearly, just hear some voices, and the experienced Tartars on the battlefield know what these are.

"Be careful with bows and arrows!"

Whoosh whoosh! !

Several consecutive screams woke up Kutai.

He knew that he was ambushed, but he had great confidence in the elite he was leading, and his command was not messed up in the slightest.

"Shields! Shields!"

Soldiers with rich combat experience picked up their shields to block,

After a burst of arrow feathers, the Ming army's offensive gradually subsided.

Kutai seized this gap and moved his sword forward: "Charge!!"

The sound of rumbling horseshoes made Xerse a little nervous, but he was not in front.

In fact, the 3000 people in Kutai had already been surrounded by him. Thanks to the people leading the way, he did this.

Of course, whether it can be blocked is another matter.

Looking at the torch to identify the direction, Xue Si knew that Kutai was rushing towards their right.

He directs immediately,
"According to the plan, advance quickly in the direction that will not be attacked! Raise the signal!"

The so-called signal is just a simple firework.

But it stands out in the dark.

Xue Si knew that at this time, if he hides again, no one will work for him, so he can only take the lead and shout:

"attack!!"

Following his orders, the soldiers raised their shields and began to approach the Tatar soldiers with machetes in their hands.

It cannot be said that these guard soldiers have not been trained in the past few years. After all, Emperor Zhengde still paid attention to them, but the problem of military settlements and military pay has not been resolved, and there are not many trained soldiers.

Many people looked at the general, but they didn't dare to get close. The general charged, and the people around him seemed to be rushing too, so they followed suit.

When I met a few Tatars, those in front were pushed forward by those behind, but they finally went forward and beat them.

Some people did not dare to face the enemy head-on, so they chopped off the horse's legs behind their backs.

Anyway, the sound of killing was loud, people screaming, horses screaming, and it was a mess.

Kutai saw that this was not going to work. There were too many people. He roughly estimated that they were several times as many as his enemies.

Clang!Clang!
Kutai hacked and killed two people in a row, and said to his subordinates: "Look for someone! Find the chief general of the Ming army, and I will kill him!"

"There are enemies on all sides, I don't know where the Lord is!"

Xerce was actually on his right, attacking from the ribs. With so many people rushing up, the Tatar troops immediately began to be under pressure, and the ribs also shrunk inward.

The Tatar soldiers who rushed and fought gradually dispersed after the initial success. The soldiers of the Ming army did not dare to meet the enemy alone, so several people surrounded them and fought.

Seeing that the soldier's courage was not enough, Xue Si was worried, don't lose your life here, so he quickly calculated the score in his heart, and then shouted, "If you cut off the head, you will be rewarded five taels of silver!"

Even after killing all of them, that is 5000 taels, worth it!
There must be brave men under heavy rewards, and the soldiers finally got some energy to work hard.

"These five taels, let me get them!"

The state of excitement came, and the soldiers of the Ming army rushed forward!

Once the Tatars didn't react quickly, or their horses were injured, they could only be dragged off, and then there were countless fists, kicks and blades. If they were slightly injured, they would be more likely to be besieged.

puff! !

The head fell to the ground, and blood gushed out.

"Mine! It's mine!"

Xue Si saw that this was enough, so he got motivated and stared at the dozens of people in front of him, "Surround them first! Go!"

In fact, on the side of the suppressed Ming army, the fighting situation was miserable, but at night, the battlefield was noisy, it was too dark to see each other, and it was too noisy to hear each other. Many people only focused on the enemy in front of them.

As for the mere 3000 troops, once they fall into this kind of bitter battle, the casualties will quickly rise.

Kutai fought back and forth, he could rush into the Ming army formation and then come out, but the bad news faintly coming from the rear made him a little worried.

"follow me!"

To say that being brave is his bravery, Kutai didn't think otherwise, but turned around and wanted to kill again!

The horses galloped, but it was too late.

Because Feng Tong'a and Deng Ziyan have already led people to appear on the front, their original duty is to help plug the weak points.

The two young generals are much more imposing than Xersei.

Feng Tong'a was a little smarter. He charged while shouting, "Protect the food and fields! Protect the food and fields!"

This is the most common discourse.

Many ordinary people, who were a little scared at the moment of the battle, were also affected by this at this time, so this march was not an orderly 'army', and they were still shouting and rushing forward!

"Protect grain and fields!!"

"Protect grain and fields!!"

……

Some people did not have any weapons at hand, so they drew the knives of the soldiers of the Ming army who had fallen,
The people who yelled seemed to have endless courage.

A flood of attacks comes from all directions,

Especially the slogan of "Protecting Grain and Protecting Fields", it is shouted loudly, which means that there are many friendly troops!
Chess, encouraged by the possibility of victory, shouted heart-piercingly."

"The Tartars are going to be defeated! The Tartars are going to be defeated!"

boom! !

Another horse fell to the ground.Although the brave Tartar soldiers got up immediately, three or five of them rushed over at once, and most of them couldn't hold on for a while.

what! !

The general next to Kutai was stabbed in the thigh by random guns, and he realized that something was wrong.

"We have to break through! There are more and more Ming troops!"

Kutai naturally knew that although these people were not as brave as the defenders of Zijing Pass, they were surrounded in such a place, and it was still late at night, so they really couldn't let go.

If the cavalry can't rush, what are they called cavalry?

"Go! Retreat!"

The strong combat quality told Kutai that he could not delay any longer.

So the hundreds of people around him joined forces and started to attack in one direction all of a sudden!
The horses raised high and stepped on the corpses of the Ming army. There were people on both sides protecting the sides to resist the charge of the Ming army.

fighting,

Extremely drunk!

During the fierce battle, Kutai opened a bloody path.

"The Tartars are fleeing! Bite them!"

They cannot escape!
Kutai chose a direction when he came, but this is the countryside, and there are people in the countryside.

Chen Dabo led Liu Su to watch the fireworks rising in the sky one by one, and then he knew the direction where the Tatar army fled in the end.

"drive!"

This group of people started to set off, taking a diagonal line to intercept.

In fact, Kutai also found that something was wrong, but when he broke through, he definitely couldn't control the fireworks that shot up in the fields around him.

Moreover, he guessed that there might be only one or two people there, and it was really meaningless to run there.

Of course, this prepared him mentally for a possible ambush.

……

So Chen Dabo didn't ambush him, it was already very obvious why there was nothing to ambush him.

He just led the people on horseback and stood in front of Kutai.He was not in a hurry, there were still pursuers behind Kutai.

"Snatching food, robbing women, these things are done by these people. Now, those who have revenge will revenge, and those who have wronged will revenge. If you are lucky, you can cut off your head and exchange it for rewards."

In fact, Kutai still doesn't understand one thing, "Which of your generals is commanding this battle?"

Chen Dabo felt that it was inappropriate to say his name, he thought of the person who gave him this idea before,

"Han, Twelve Lang."

The voice fell and no more words were said,

There is a great enmity between them.

The Tatar soldiers had fought hard for a round, and they were not in their prime at this time. Fortunately, this was not a valley, and they could still run on both sides, although they were not fast in the dark and in the fields.

"General! There are people behind!"

Kutai knew it was time to die, but he was not a coward who would just run away.

"Come! Kill!"

Chen Dabo also picked up his own gun, "The first time I made meritorious service, it started with you."

(End of this chapter)