I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 324
Chapter 323

Capital, the cabinet.

Wen Tiren was still the same as before, with his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, as immobile as a mountain.However, his hands hidden in his big sleeves trembled with excitement.

"Cheng is really afraid that his cavalry will be sent to Datong?"

Wen Tiren couldn't believe it.This is really too stupid. It is true that the cavalry has strong mobility, but the problem is that it is more than 700 miles from the capital to Datong. Under normal circumstances, it would take two days, but two days and two nights , this cavalry will become a tired soldier, and it is not even known how many horses will be exhausted or exhausted.

But the problem is that the snow is very thick now, generally two or three feet thick. Of course, this is just Wen Tiren's own idea. If he went to see him outside the Great Wall, the snow is far from as thick as the capital. The snow is not as heavy as in the capital, but because of the strong wind, the snow is blown away and scattered in the low-lying areas, just like the torrents formed when it rains.In some places that look unremarkable, the snow may be several meters deep.

Wu Zongda drank tea leisurely, and said with a sinister sneer: "The surname has won a few battles by chance, and he can't tell the east from the west, and the north from the south. He thinks this is also Liaodong? He can come here however he wants! Hmph Hmph, let a group of cavalry who have only been trained for a year or two fight to the death with the Mongolian cavalry on the grassland? Thanks to him for thinking of it!"

Wen Tiren shook his head: "Cheng Shijie seems to be reckless, but in fact he makes a plan before making a move, but this time, the old man really can't figure out where his confidence comes from, but I can be sure that your arrangement in Datong was leaked, and the surname Cheng smelled it." Unusual taste!"

Wu Zongda sneered, "That's him courting death!"

"Has the carrier pigeon been released?"

"It has been released a long time ago. Mobei Mongolia knows exactly how much troops surnamed Cheng will use and which direction to attack. What awaits him and his army will be a net of heaven and earth. It will be easy for his army to leave the customs. Come back But it will be difficult!"

Wu Zongda's expression became extremely gloomy and terrifying, every word he uttered was filled with endless hatred, his tone was like the hissing sound of a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, which made people feel chills all over.

Wu Zongda hated Cheng Shijie and gritted his teeth. On the surface, it was because of Cheng Shijie's rebellious remarks. In fact, this was not the case. Wu Zongda was born in Yixing, a family of officials and eunuchs. He was quite famous when his grandfather Wu Xing was weak. Admitted as a Jinshi, the official went to Shangbao Sicheng.After becoming an official, he didn't want to hang out in the officialdom, and wrote books at home to teach his children.Under his education and influence, ten people from four generations of one school were admitted to Jinshi, and one of them was Tanhua.

The Wu family in Yixing has become a first-class family in Yixing since the Jiajing Dynasty. Wu Zhongxing, Wu Zongda’s uncle, has repeatedly impeached Zhang Juzheng, a university scholar with great power. One of the top ten maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

After Cheng Shijie replaced Zheng Zhilong, he began to formulate taxes uniformly. Unlike in Zheng Zhilong's era, Zheng Zhilong collected protection fees to see what people ordered. Some people charged more, and some people charged less symbolically. In the category of under-collection, Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun controls the marine trade in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and collects an extra tax of several 10 taels of silver from Wu's Taiping firm every year. For Wu Zongda, this means cutting off Wu's source of income.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, it must be endless.

"The surname Cheng unscrupulously robbed us of good land and beautiful houses, and cut off our wealth. Isn't it his army that he relied on? He is so domineering and domineering that he almost offended the entire world's gentry group in less than a year. Watch with big eyes, waiting to see his jokes! Once he is defeated, the whole world will attack him, and if he can bite him, he will be counted as a bite, and even if he can't kill him, he will bite him to the point of bleeding!"

Wen Tiren murmured: "No, if this battle is lost, Cheng will be dead... He not only offended the entire world, but also offended the important officials of the center! Now he has a strong team of iron and blood. There is nothing we can do about him, but once his army is wiped out, his end will come!"

……

On the banks of the Baihe River in Miyun County, in front of the Ning Navy's defense line, countless Mongolian cavalrymen wearing smelly leather armor and holding scimitars and horn bows are gathering like dark clouds. In just a few days, tens of thousands of horses have gathered.

Meng En looked at the densely packed Mongolian army that could not be seen at a glance, with a serious look on his face.

"Commander, you can go back to the capital. This place is handed over to the general, who can guarantee to guard Baihe. As long as the general is still alive, even a Mongolian Tartar will not even think about crossing this line of defense!"

Meng En looked at Cheng Shijie with a serious face and said, "Marshal, a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall!"

Cheng Shijie smiled lightly: "I can smell the thoughts of those people in the capital here. If I go to the capital, I will be in a desperate situation. When I am with my brothers, I can sleep soundly!"

"But……"

"There's nothing to worry about!"

Cheng Shijie waved his hand and said, "Calculating the time, the Mongols should have received the news of our cavalry dispatch. They should know that we actually have less than 5000 troops here, and there is no danger to defend them."

While Cheng Shijie was speaking, the sound of horn horns could be heard in the distance.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

The desolate horn sounded, slowly rushed up to Yunxiao, and resounded through the entire camp.The entire camp was suddenly enveloped in a depressive atmosphere. The Ning navy officers and soldiers behaved as usual, but the common people in the camp showed fear, while the soldiers with live ammunition lined up in neat lines and ran up to the ice wall, ready to fight.

Cheng Shijie walked to the front line, he picked up the microphone, and Cheng Shijie's voice came out from a dozen large speakers: "Soldiers, tell me who you are!"

Thousands of voices roared in unison: "We are Ning Haijun!"

Cheng Shijie roared: "What is Ning Haijun?"

Ning Haijun shouted: "An invincible iron-blooded army! We have never lost since the day we formed the army!"

Cheng Shijie was simply roaring: "You all remember this? Very good! I hope that after the fight, you can still firmly remember that we are Ning Haijun! We are Ning Haijun who can't be defeated, dragged down, or killed! We fight After countless fierce battles, blood flowed into rivers and heavy casualties again and again, but in the end, the one whose corpses covered the battlefield will always be our opponent! In front of us, there is no enemy that cannot be defeated! Whether it is a Tartar or a slave, There is only wailing in front of us, there is no reason, just because we are Ning Haijun!"

The officers and men of the Ning Navy howled almost insanely: "Marshal Wan Sheng! Marshal Wan Sheng!"

The roar from the lungs forcibly overwhelmed the loud noise of the Mongols' thousands of horses and horses galloping, and everyone's expressions became fanatical and confident. In their eyes, the rolling Mongolian army was just a bunch of military exploits Chapter only!

There is no reason, just because they are Ning Haijun!

"This is decent, Ning Haijun should be like this!"

Only then was Cheng Shijie satisfied, turned his head away, looked at the Mongolian army that was spreading across the field, and sneered: "Come on, come on, the more you come, the better! Today we can finally start killing!"

Looking at the Ming army guarding the Baihe River, this is not a good thing for the Mongolian army.But there is no way, the Great Wall, the line of defense, has been operated by the Han nationality for more than 2000 years. As early as the Han Dynasty, an extremely complete and efficient defense system was established. The Great Wall is like a giant python lying on the dividing line between farming and nomadic. One point, and there will be a sharp counterattack immediately.

If the Central Dynasty is internally stable, the Great Wall is an insurmountable line of defense. No matter how many people they come over, they will be bruised and swollen. Only when the Central Dynasty itself falls into chaos first will they have a chance to cross the Great Wall.

Many Mongols resigned themselves to the snowstorm this time. They knew that they could not cross the Great Wall defense line. Since the beginning of October, some of them have been going south one after another, but for nearly two months, the Great Wall defense line has not moved.

Until Jing'an Fort was inexplicably captured by Chaktu, Tuxietu Khan Gonbu, Oirat Mongolian Heshuotebu Taiji, also known as Gumubu, named Aqibatur, Borzigit.

Gonbu knew the real ability of Chakhtu, and asked him to hunt or hunt more and take down a few small tribes. Kyaktu could complete the task, but the important pass of Jing'an Fort was not something Kyaktu could take down. .

The Mongolian army continued to advance until it was only a stone's throw away from the Baihe Ning naval defense line before stopping.Surrounded by a group of Mongolian nobles, Gonbu and others rode forward to observe the Ning Navy's defense line at close range.

This line of defense is dominated by an ice wall, which is chest high. This height is very embarrassing for war horses. Without human intervention, war horses can jump about 1.5 meters when charging at high speed. However, the problem is that war horses are animals. The instinct of animals is to slow down when encountering danger, which means that it is almost impossible to jump over this ice wall.

Behind the ice wall, tall and straight figures stood proudly. The jet-black plumes on the steel helmets and the jet-black military uniform fluttered in the cold wind. There were tension and sternness on the young faces. , there is worry, but there is no fear.

Ning Haijun was silent, it was a daunting silence, the real tiger and wolf division did not need to intimidate the enemy by screaming hoarsely.

The great minister under Gonpo's command, Kebai, glanced at the Ning Navy camp on the opposite side. He stood at a high position, could see farther, and could see more clearly. !"

Gonpo twirled the string of beads in his hand and recited scriptures without saying a word.

Chakhtu said with a smile: "With such a small number of people, facing our tens of thousands of troops, I'm afraid I'm scared to pee. We only need to charge and take it down!"

Gonpo waved his hands and said, "Don't act rashly!"

Among so many people, he is under the greatest pressure, because the heavy snow in Mobei has already destroyed their homeland. If they can't take the pass, they can't get food and supplies, and their Tuxietuhan tribe will die. , can not allow him to be careless.

Gonpo opened his eyes: "God has the virtue of loving life, so let's send someone to persuade them to surrender. If those Han people are willing to surrender, a bloody disaster can be avoided."

Chakhtu commanded a commander to come forward.

The commander-in-chief can speak Chinese, and he called out in fluent Chinese: "Listen up, the Ming people on the other side, you have angered us profusely, and our profusely profusely led a hundred thousand cavalry to crusade against you! Those who know how to surrender immediately, Handing over the food, goods and beauties can save a life, otherwise once we break through the city, no one will be left behind!"

However, at this moment, Cheng Shijie sneered: "Shoot!"

More than a dozen Chongzhen eight-year-style bolt-action rifles fired at the Mongolian lady.

"Bang bang bang..."

After more than a dozen gunshots, the commander and his horse were punched with more than a dozen holes. With a wild hiss, they fell to the ground and threw the commander out.

The Mongolian army was in an uproar, and the noise was loud.

When the two armies are at war, if they don't kill their envoys, these Han people don't obey the rules, it's really barbaric!
Meng En said: "Commander, you have angered them!"

"What we want is to make them angry! Once people are angry, they are prone to make mistakes, even the prairie wolf, which is known for its cunning!"

Sure enough, Gonpo was furious and ordered an attack on the Baihe defense line.

The Mongolian army killed a lot of cattle and sheep. After a full meal, they blew their horns again. A large number of horse archers came galloping, galloping back and forth around the ice wall of the Baihe River. If the ball is linked, the sharp arrows poured towards the ice wall one after another.

However, the Mongolian army was surprised to find that the muskets of the Ming army shot very far, much farther than their bows and arrows. Even if they were one or two hundred steps away, they could kill them with one shot.

After several rounds of testing, the Mongolian army discovered the shortcomings of these Ming troops, that is, these Ming troops had too few muskets, so they began to concentrate their firepower on the Ning Navy's defense line, trying to make a gap in the ice wall.

"boom……"

A shot put finally hit the ice wall and shattered the ice wall. Two Ning Haijun soldiers were injured by the splashing pieces of ice.

This is probably a major feature of Ning Haijun, everyone is tough, no matter how serious the injury is, they will grit their teeth and keep silent, so as not to affect the comrades around them.The dark military uniforms make it impossible to see the blood on their bodies, and if they grit their teeth so as not to scream, it will really give people the illusion that they will never be injured or die. This kind of pressure is also quite high.

But in any case, it finally got off to a good start, the Mongolian army cheered loudly, and the artillerymen who had already turned black from the gunpowder were also encouraged, and fired a few more shots, smashing two ice walls.

Then there was nothing they could do, because the barrel was already hot enough to light a cigarette, and if they continued to reload and fire, they would [-]% kill themselves.

In fact, the artillery of the Ning Navy has never fired, but only used rifles to block the approach of the Mongolian cavalry, and even the thunderbolts and rocket launchers did not fire. But it is not flattering.

Mongolia is no longer what it was three or four hundred years ago. They are so weak that they are not even comparable to the Jurchens. You must know that Mongolia back then rubbed on the ground according to the Jurchens.

Even if the soldiers of the Ning Navy only used rifles, the Mongols did not take advantage of it. They were helpless against the ice wall of the Ning Navy. Even if they smashed an ice wall, there was another ice wall behind the ice wall. God knows the Ming army built it How many walls of ice?

In fact, Ning Haijun has built only thirteen ice walls, seven in the front and six in the back, in a circular arrangement.

However, after tossing for a long time, the Mongols still found sadly that they could not break through this simple line of defense, with 600 dead and injured, and retreated in embarrassment.

……

Zhangbei, this is an ancient county with a history of more than 4000 years. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, a nomadic tribe was active in the vast area of ​​northern China, including Zhangbei County. It was called "Ghost Fang" at that time. In the third year of Ming Hongwu (1370) Set up Xinghe Mansion, four years later it will be the Yuan Dynasty, and the mansion will be abolished.In the seventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1374), the Ming general Sapphire was pulled out to Xinghe, and since then Zhangbei County has entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty.In the 30th year of Hongwu (1397), Xinghe Shouyu Qianhusuo was established. In the 20th year of Ming Yongle (1422), it was attacked by Mongolia and moved to Xuanhua. Zhangbei County became the Tatar sphere of influence.

However, it is a strategically important place, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Baoding City, Hebei Province to the south, Shanxi Province to the west and southwest, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north and northwest.

Zhao Wencai led the Ning Navy cavalry, each carrying half a month's dry food, and began to leave the fort from Yanqing Prefecture. After leaving the fort, they defeated several small groups of Mongolian cavalry. Zhao Wencai found that the combat effectiveness of these Mongols was very weak.The Ning Navy Cavalry Qianqi can easily defeat more than 2000 of them. After discovering this situation, Zhao Wencai decisively ordered the troops to disperse.

Taking each unit as a unit, more than a thousand riders were separated by more than ten miles, and kept in touch with walkie-talkies at all times. After encountering a large group of Mongols, they concentrated their forces to eliminate them.

After arriving in the territory of Zhangbei, the scouts in front discovered a large Mongolian army. After reconnaissance, it was found that there were about five or six thousand Mongolian cavalry in this group. They carried cattle, sheep, horses, and carts. A tribe with 6000 or [-] people is considered a large tribe.

However, before the Ning Navy launched an attack, these Mongols discovered the existence of the Ning Navy. In fact, the military uniform of the Ning Navy can effectively blend into the night when it attacks at night, but the problem is that in the ice and snow, this is really true. It's too conspicuous, and it's easy to spot it from tens of miles away.

Although Ning Haijun didn't do anything, this group of Mongolian cavalry had already discovered them. Among them, the young and strong in the team rode their horses to prepare to meet the enemy, while the old and weak in the team turned around and ran away.The whole team suddenly became chaotic.These Mongolian men are very heroic. With recurve bows and sabers, they rushed to the Ning navy cavalry without fear.

However, the problem is that the strength gap between the two sides is too great. Not counting equipment, it is the cavalry that Ning Haijun received the order. There are a total of 6000 people. The look of despair on the distorted faces.

"Rush up and kill them!"

Zhao Wencai gave an order, and the Ning Navy cavalry surrounded the Mongolian cavalry in an umbrella shape. The distance between the two sides was still more than 100 steps.

Those Mongolian cavalrymen widened their eyes in horror. Their horn bows couldn't cause much damage to the opponent at this distance!However, the rifles of this group of black knights can easily do it. The bullets came through the air. The horse was shot into a hedgehog and rolled into a ball!
Without a chance to breathe, the second wave of bullets came over again!This time the distance was shortened by twenty or thirty steps, even if it was riding on horseback, the accuracy was even higher, which caused greater damage to these unlucky Mongolians. After the arrow rain swept over, there were more than three hundred horsemen Falling down like reaping wheat.

Finally, the Ning navy cavalry entered the range of the Mongolian horn bow. A Mongolian warrior swiped his backhand and took out three arrows from the bag. Shooting in a line, this is the special skill of the Mongolian cavalry, continuous arrows.

Some excellent cavalry archers shoot arrows even faster than semi-automatic rifles. One bow can be used as several bows, but it’s a pity that it’s useless. Those black-clothed demons are all wearing shiny breastplates and domed helmets. There were even visors, and the arrows they shot nailed the steel helmets and breastplates, and the sparks flew and bounced in all directions.

The Ning navy cavalry put away their rifles and raised their sabers, leaving only dead bodies everywhere they passed.Zhao Wencai didn't think it was enough, so he led this group of bloody and murderous subordinates to rush towards the Mongolians who were fleeing with their cattle and sheep.

There is no warmth to talk about in wars on the prairie. Once defeated, the entire tribe will often disappear from the prairie.

At least this tribe must disappear from the grassland.

At this time, another group of Mongolian cavalry rushed over from a distance. It was a pity that they were only here to deliver food. After a short fight, these two or three thousand Mongolian cavalry surrendered to Ning Haijun.

Qiao Siniang slashed at those Mongolian soldiers who surrendered with a knife, ignoring their pleading and crying, and slashed at each head with the blood-stained horizontal knife.

With such an easy victory, the Ning navy cavalry were all excited.

Zhao Wencai saw that there were more than one or two thousand Mongolian soldiers. He did not give the order to massacre, but said in a loud voice, "Do you want to die or live?"

The surrendered Mongolian soldiers shouted: "We want to live, we want to live!"

"Very good!"

Zhao Wencai said: "The certificate of acceptance is our own!"

All the Mongolian cavalrymen looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and swung their knives to kill their own people. Some Mongolian cavalrymen even caught up with the fleeing herdsmen, ignored their pleading and crying, and chopped off their heads.

Qiao Siniang said: "General, you are..."

"I'm here to complete the task better!"

Zhao Wencai said with a faint smile: "We have too few people. Only by recruiting Mongolian soldiers can we complete the task assigned to us by the general!"

Zhao Wencai's cavalry began to mop up Xuanfu East Road. They did not rush directly to Datong as they had announced to the outside world. As Zhao Wencai adopted this method, his subordinates became stronger and stronger. Within a few days, there were as many as [-] Mongolian captives who surrendered.

(End of this chapter)