Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 117 The Tartars Are Here
It is spring when the grass grows, and even in the north at this moment, you can see small buds emerging from the soil trampled by iron hooves, and some new leaves begin to emerge from the bare and bony trunks.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the spring in the northern country very leisurely and elegantly, or he was deliberately slowing down the marching speed, waiting for Huang Taiji to come, and even deliberately ordered to march during the day and rest at night. When the holy site stopped, local officials and gentry were also called to pay homage to the holy site.

However, at this time, the officials and gentry no longer have the desire to reminisce about the past.

When some officials and squires heard that His Majesty was going to their territory, they were so frightened that they ran to other places overnight.

There is no way, everyone knows that wherever His Majesty goes, the Tartars will definitely follow him.

The Qin Wang's divisions from all over the country also did not come to the capital for a long time, either because the soldiers had no fighting spirit and could not advance because of the arrears of military pay, or because they were blocked by the bandits.

Some literati who are still pitiful and sympathetic to the Donglin Party can't help but secretly ridicule Zhu Youxiao's overreaching, thinking of relying on the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard who have never fought a battle, and who only knew how to fight chickens and horses to eat the king's meal a few months ago. The valiant Tartars battle.

Many people think that this will undoubtedly be the second siege of civil fortresses, and even lamented that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, who can be the second Yu Qian.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care about these gossips now. He even threw into the fire the brochures of scholars from all over the country that he had received from Dongchang in the past few days after he left the capital.

From Zhu Youxiao's point of view, if these nerds who only read four books think that they will definitely win, then Huang Taiji will be even more difficult to seduce, and there is no need for him to be this bait.

"Nowadays, people in the capital are not stable. You, East Factory, must closely monitor the movements of officials at all levels, but you must not act rashly and become a bird of fright."

After asking a few words to Wu Jin, the head of the Dongchang stall, Zhu Youxiao picked up the wooden stick and knocked on the gong inside the dragon chariot. Immediately, the army continued to set off, but the speed was still not fast. I thought Zhu Youxiao was on a tour of Gyeonggi.

After eradicating the Donglin Party forces, Zhu Youxiao has become a powerful emperor, so the ministers of the court did not dare to die because of Zhu Youxiao personally attacking the Tartars, and they just pinched him Khan, but the guards who accompanied him did not sweat for His Majesty. In their view, His Majesty was acting bravely.

Teenagers worship heroes, especially Chang Yanling and others. In addition, they also have a strong desire to fight to prove their strength.

The Tartars might be very strong, but if they really defeated the Tartars, then the imperial guards could truly be regarded as the strongest army in Ming Dynasty.

Because of this, Chang Yanling and other Imperial Guard officers and soldiers have no fear and fear at this moment, only excitement and tension. They are preparing for the war as usual.

Obai's [-]st Battalion of Cavalry automatically played the role of Ye Bu Shou, looking around for signs of the terrain and Tartars.

The soldiers of the engineer battalion can always set up the basic camp defense facilities an hour before the whole army rests, and the supply battalion and artillery battalion have not slowed down, and the infantry battalion will not ignore the safety of His Majesty just because they have to escort them.

I don't know how many days I have traveled, but at dawn that day, before the sound of the horn for getting up was sounded, there was a rush of horseshoes coming from afar.

The guard soldiers on duty saw that it was Oboi, and hurriedly shouted: "It's Commander Ao, I thought it was the Tartar."

Aobai didn't reply to this man's words, but went straight into Zhu Youxiao's Chinese army tent, knelt on the ground on one knee, "Your Majesty, the Tartars are here."

Zhu Youxiao stood up suddenly, and asked excitedly, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, my first team of cavalry galloped fifty miles away last night, but unexpectedly encountered the Tazi Daishan's tribe, but the general did not dare to fight, and hurriedly took the first team to take a shortcut and ran back, so that the general would fight against Daishan's troops. I understand, this person must be chasing after him, and it is estimated that he will arrive here in two hours."

After Ao Bai said, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered: "Order the engineering battalion to immediately dig the trenches, which are three feet deeper and two feet wider than before! Order the cavalry battalion to return to the camp immediately, and the soldiers of the supply battalion help the engineers build a defense system , the infantry battalion is ready to enter the firing position at any time, and at the same time, the artillery battalion immediately opens the safety, ready to adjust the artillery to fire."

At this time, the imperial guards camped against a dense forest. Outside the dense forest, there was a smooth road on the front and a cliff on the back.

That is to say, if the Tartars want to attack the Imperial Guards, they can only attack from the front and the left and right sides. The Imperial Guards have their backs against the cliff, and only need to deal with three sides, which can be regarded as dangerous.

But there is no way to retreat, and you can't climb the cliff, because you will only become a living target for the Tartars.

But with trenches, the dense forest can be turned into a natural defensive belt. The engineer battalion is very fast. The special engineer shovel made by the Royal Academy of Engineering played a very good role at this time, and soon built on the basis of the original trench. Three more trenches and traffic trenches were dug.

In addition, the soldiers of the engineer battalion also cut down trees and temporarily built a simple shed for His Majesty to command.

Several big trees were used as pillars around the shed, and a wooden wall was surrounded by other trees. The height of the wall was just right for the soldiers and horses of the cavalry battalion to temporarily hide inside.

Of course, there is also the help of the supply battalion here, and the supply battalion also took on the task of temporarily protecting Zhu Youxiao and the reserve army, lying under the wooden wall one by one, so that if the reserve tartars rushed in, they could shoot them to death with random arrows.

The rest of the cavalry of the first cavalry team also ran back one after another. The soldiers of the supply battalion hurriedly opened the wooden gate, and closed it immediately when all the cavalry of the first team entered.

However, at this moment, the figure of the Tartars really appeared in front of them, and the scale was not small, about a thousand people.

Fu Dahai, commander of the Artillery Battalion, hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Thirty degrees to the northwest, get ready!"

After giving the order, Fu Dahai squinted his eyes and started counting: "Five hundred, three hundred, one hundred, fifty, twenty, ten, let go!"

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Daishan didn't expect to find so many Ming soldiers when he chased them, and from the big yellow dragon umbrella at the back, it can be seen that the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao must be here.

"Report to Khan quickly, we have intercepted Zhu Youxiao's imperial guards!"

After Daishan said that, he immediately rode his horse and shouted: "Kill!"

They didn't pay attention to the imperial guards in front of them at all, so they didn't need to make any preparations, they rushed forward for a while, and according to past experience, no matter how many people there were on the other side, they only had to rush forward. Interspersed, it can frighten the courage of the Ming army and make it collapse without a fight.

The Tartars were very imposing. Thousands of galloping horses galloped forward, with overwhelming momentum. At this time, all the imperial guards could not help but tighten their weapons.

It was the first time they had seen so many Tartars. If it weren't for the discipline they were used to, and His Majesty the Emperor watching from behind, they probably wouldn't be able to calm down in front of such a shocking cavalry charge.

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