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Chapter 336 Tatars

Seeing Wang Xian's expression, Baoyin knew that the Tatars really came this time.Unexpectedly, she didn't lose her composure like last time, she just glanced at him with those light blue eyes, and said calmly: "Crow's mouth..." Then she didn't say anything else.

"Okay, it's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married, so let him come." Wang Xian sighed and said, "Map."

Immediately, a soldier took off the copper cylinder from behind, took out a roll of cowhide map, and unfolded it in front of Wang Xian and others. This was left to them by Zhu Zhanji before retreating.

"We are here now." Xu Huaiqing pointed to two points on the map and said, "The Tatars should be here." The distance of sixty miles between the two sides seemed to be only as far as a fingernail on the map, and it was even heavier. A sense of crisis in the hearts of several people.

"Time waits for no one, you must make a decisive decision!" Wang Xian pursed his lips tightly and said, but when he finished speaking, everyone looked at him... You are the one who makes up your mind, okay!He scratched his head vigorously and said, "Well, Lao Xu, let me give you some professional advice first."

"Yes." Time was running out, so Xu Huaiqing was not polite, nodded and said: "In the opinion of the general, we do not have the ability to confront the Tatars head-on, so it is better to avoid their edge. But the problem is, there are several thousand of us It is impossible to hide our whereabouts, and the Tatars will find us soon. Even if we abandon the baggage, they will catch up with us!" Pause: "What's worse, if the Tatars are smart enough , turn around first and strangle the entrance of the Hanhai Corridor, we can't go south, we can only turn back to Mobei..."

Listening to Xu Huaiqing's analysis, Wang Xian fixed his eyes on the map.The so-called vast sea refers to the vast desert.The so-called Mobei refers to the north of the vast desert. This vast desert, also known as the Great Gobi, is the fourth largest desert in the world, stretching only a hundred miles away!
The Ming Dynasty made several expeditions to Mobei, and the most difficult part of the journey was to go through the Gobi.The reason why the Ming army was able to pass through the Great Gobi is because for thousands of years, countless Mongolians have explored a life passage with their lives. Along this "Hanhai Corridor", they can get water supplies from underground springs and freshwater lakes, so although Difficult, but still a way out.

But now, the entrance of this passage is behind the Tatars, and they are in front of the Tatars, how can they bypass the Tatars and enter this passage first?Everyone is in trouble.

In deep thought, Wu Wei said in a low voice: "So what if we enter the vast sea corridor, as long as the Tatars chase in with their tails in, they will still catch up with us." There are few horses, less than two per person on average.The Tatars should have three or four horses per capita, and the gap between the two sides will become apparent after a long pursuit.

"That's right, we can't take this passage, otherwise we will never be able to get rid of the enemy's pursuit." Wang Xian nodded in agreement.

"Then we can only retreat." Xu Huaiqing frowned and said, "But that will not escape the fate of being chased and wiped out."

"Actually, we still have a choice, which is to go straight in from here." Wang Xian drew a vertical line on the vast sea and desert on the map with his fingernails: "I don't believe they dare to chase in!"

"But we can't get out!" Everyone said in unison: "There is no second passage on the Great Gobi. If we rush in, we can only die of thirst!"

In fact, Wang Xian had a vague idea that he was not as afraid of the vast sea and desert as other people.But he didn't dare to make a decision based on assumptions. If he led 3000 people into the desert and found that his method didn't work, he would be a sinner.After thinking about it, he gave up his own idea and said, "Alright then, let's think of another way."

Minutes and seconds passed, and everyone was still at a loss. Baoyin Qiqige finally said: "How about this, I will lead my people to turn north, and you Han people will go east or west, and we will run away separately. You people It’s less, and it’s easy to hide, wait for them to chase us, and then take the opportunity to go south.”

Wu Wei and Xu Huaiqing thought that this is a way.But this kind of thing that uses friendly troops as bait to escape is too shameless, and they really can't say anything.

"That's a good idea." Wang Xian nodded and said, "Then it's decided."

Although this idea was proposed by Baoyin, but when Wang Xian agreed without hesitation, her face turned pale, she bit her lower lip tightly, nodded heavily and said: "Okay."

"What a fart!" Unexpectedly, Wang Xian immediately changed his face and said: "Your life is not your life, 3000 people are exchanged for 200 people, what kind of foolish account are you?"

"You..." Baoyin was so angry that tears were about to come out: "You can't talk properly!"

"Speak well, you have to settle the account first, how is it worthwhile, how is it a loss, and then you speak..." Wang Xianbai glanced at her, and then fell silent. He was obviously losing his composure, because his heart was on fire, and he seemed to have a huge stone Pressed on the chest in general.

His witty performance in the past has won him the trust of everyone, and at this moment of crisis, everyone regards him as the backbone!It can be said that the life and death of the 3000 men and horses are all in his mind, but Wang Xian is not a god, and he is also a novice in the military. By my side, so I also have a high-ranking ginseng.But now there is no one to rely on, you can only make a decision as soon as possible, and you must not sit still!
Everyone's eyes were staring at him without blinking. Wang Xian thought hard for a moment, and finally said: "Although we must go south in the end, we must not reveal our intentions. We must resolutely do the opposite. No. Go north! First lead the enemy in a circle on the grassland, take them as far away as possible, then wait for an opportunity to get rid of them, and then go south!"

"Yes!" Wu Wei and Xu Huaiqing responded in unison.After the Battle of Jiulongkou, they completely followed Wang Xian's lead, even if Wang Xian led them to die, they would not hesitate.

"Give me an order to bury pots and cook immediately. We have to bury twice as many stoves and set up double camps at the same time," Wang Xian said in a deep voice, "Sun Bin used the method of reducing stoves to lure the enemy into deep, and we did the opposite. In short, use the method of increasing the stove, so that the enemy can't figure out our reality!"

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At this time of crisis, the men of Meng and Han worked together and mobilized all. Soon, according to Wang Xian's order, they buried double the stoves and set up double tents. Then they packed up their belongings and prepared to go.

Taking advantage of this time, Wang Xian had already thought it over clearly—Hulan suddenly lost the temperature, and the mountains there were continuous, which was good for the cavalry to hide.This grassland originally belonged to the Tatars, they must know this better than anyone else!Instead of going to Helin in the northwest direction to meet Mahamu, he went to Hulan Suowei, which is due north, which should make the other party even more suspicious, whether there will be an ambush in Hulan Suowei!

"Do you want to discard the luggage?" Baoyin asked when he was leading a large group of people to withdraw first.

"You can't lose everything all at once, you have to lose it bit by bit along the way." Wang Xiandao: "In short, we have to make a posture to lure the enemy into the depths. The more similar we are, the better! The more similar we act, the less they will dare to catch up!"

"Yes." Baoyin replied.So the large army left some cars, pots and pans, and turned back north...

Wang Xian led more than a hundred elite cavalry, quietly lurking on a distant hill.After waiting for a long time, I finally saw the scout team of the Oirat Army...

"Good guy, a thousand-man scout team!" Xu Huaiqing was from a professional class, and he had his own method of waiting and watching to determine the number of scouts from a distance. "With such a large scout team, the number of Tatars must be at least ten thousand!"

"Another point is that the commander of the Wala people is very cautious." Wang Xian said with a smile: "I'm afraid that if I meet a daredevil, no matter how we chase after him, we won't chant."

"My lord doesn't know much about us Mongols yet," said the leader of the Borzigit cavalry, Delemu, who was Daliba's bodyguard and could speak Chinese. He said with a smile, "Since Guilichi killed Kun Timur Khan, our grassland has completely returned to the situation before Genghis Khan, where the weak preyed on the strong. Whoever has more soldiers and generals can be called Khan, and whoever has fewer soldiers, it doesn’t matter whether you are a big Khan or a grand master. There is only one dead end. Therefore, this kind of army with a scale of over ten thousand must be led by the Tatar Grand Master Alutai himself. He can't trust anyone, and neither can his son."

"So that's it." Wang Xian nodded and said with a smile: "It would be easy if Alutai, the old man has been beaten by Mahamu these years. Although Baba came here this time to take the opportunity to beat the dog in the water, but I must be afraid of being bitten by a dog."

"However, we can't take it lightly. Alutai is known as a wise man, and he and Mahamu are also known as the two heroes of the grassland. It is not so easy to fool." Delem said bluntly.

Fortunately, Wang Xian had no airs of officialdom, so he said indifferently: "Of course, let's wait and see what happens."

In the distance, the Wala scouts began to dismount and search the camp they left behind.Wang Xian couldn't help sighing: "It's a pity that there is no explosives, otherwise we can bury some in the camp, and it will look better now..."

Xu Huaiqing also sighed and said, "Let your lord lose a chance to be famous through the ages."

"Old Xu, you are flattering." Wang Xian laughed and said, "But I have more chances to be famous through the ages, this time is not bad!"

It's no wonder they have the leisure to fart here, because the Oala scouts have changed from spying to vigilance, only cruising within a radius of dozens of miles, and have no intention of moving forward.Obviously the Oirat army will camp here tonight.

In the evening, the Oirat army finally arrived at the camp. The first thing they did was to set up camp. They were very vigilant, and their attainments in civil engineering were much higher than those of the Oirats. They spared no effort to dig trenches. The camp was erected, which meant that the camp was heavily fortified and heavily deered, basically eliminating the possibility of the enemy stealing the camp.

(End of this chapter)