Yang Fan left 15,000 infantrymen behind and deployed defenses on the inside of the left shoulder of the Yellow River. The main purpose was to prevent the Mongols in Linhe City from crossing the Yellow River south to support the Ordos tribe. So as not to affect the plan to exterminate the Ordos Department. Crazy
Now, although Linhe City has gathered hundreds of thousands of Mongolians, the Mongolian tribes in the desert are still coming. However, there is a large camp of Jingying on the south bank of the Yellow River, with 15,000 troops stationed. Jiuyuan City in the east has 40,000 militia groups and 15,000 Beijing camps garrisoned. These Mongols did not dare to act rashly.
Scouts from both sides have exchanged fire many times, shooting at each other with firearms, bows and arrows, and steel crossbows. Every time a small group of scout cavalry from both sides encountered each other, it was a melee.
Yang Fan arranged the troops and set up camp, which blocked the possibility of the Ordos people breaking out from the northwest to Linhe to join the Mongolian army. It was also blocked. The various Mongolian coalition forces in Linhe went south to support Ordos.
The two battlefields have been separated. Once the battlefield is blocked, you can safely support battlefields in various places.
Yang Fan left the heavy cannon in Jiuyuan City. Bring all the light ones and stay in this Henan camp. Yang Fan made up his mind that this Henan camp was just a stronghold and could not hold out.
Although the Mongols were large in number, they would never dare to bypass these two strongholds. If they want to go east or south, they must pull out these two nails.
After arrangements were made for the Henan camp, military reports came that something had happened to the troops in Ningxia Town. Crazy
They were besieged by the Mongolian coalition forces in western Ordos not far from Huamachi. I heard that the Mongols in the west obeyed the command of Taiji in Urigeng. Almost all the soldiers and horses in the west were assembled.
Yang Fan immediately understood Wu Rigeng's intention.
Yang Fan's eleven-way siege was actually divided into thirty-three troops, roughly one group, that is, more than three thousand people per group. In this way, they swept towards the Ordos Plateau in all directions. The network was so tight that the Mongols lost the space to move around and could only retreat passively, and were eventually compressed into Dongsheng City.
Wu Rigeng replied that this was his plan and hit him hard, cutting off one of his fingers. It prevents Yang Fan from using 3,000 people as one group. This will greatly widen the gap between the various groups, and it is possible to concentrate forces, form a local advantage, and eat up all the groups.
In this way, the battle will be easier to fight. As long as the mesh is expanded, the Mongolians and other swimming fish cannot be caught, and this strategy will lose its effect. They are all cavalry, so they can go around the back to attack the transportation line.
Yang Fan immediately decided that he must go to rescue immediately. Otherwise, if the Chinese army in Ningxia Town is completely annihilated, the other three towns will not dare to use 3,000 people per group, and shrink to 10,000 people per group. Even if Yang Fan pressed hard, it would be useless. He couldn't actually monitor what was going on down there.
Therefore, Yang Fan decided to take the 3,600 cavalrymen of the Jia Ding Regiment to the rescue. Zhang Shize was supposed to stay behind, but He Huchen, a disciple of his family, took the initiative to follow him. So he had to let him go with 1,500 cavalry. Crazy
It was more than three hundred miles away and arrived in three days.
This time, the servants of the British government were very tired. Although they arrived at Guihua City, they had already received one man and three horses from the Mongols. But when I actually started running, I discovered it. There is a huge gap between them and Yang Fan's servant group.
Their horses are all Mongolian horses and Liaodong horses. It is already the best horse in the Ming army. But compared with Yang Fan's horse, it is simply garbage. Yang Fan's horses are generally one foot taller at the shoulders than theirs. His limbs are long and slender, and he can support them one and a half steps at a time. Still, Yang Fan suppressed his speed so that they could barely keep up.
Three days later, with the constant reports from the scouts, it was learned that He Huchen and the others had thrown away almost all their equipment, escaped at night, joined the South Road, and set up camp by a small river. So, he rushed towards this camp.
Fortunately, what Yang Fan was most worried about did not happen. Yang Fan was afraid of rushing to the battlefield and seeing dead bodies everywhere.
Five thousand cavalry stood silently at the entrance of the camp consisting of side carriages. After a while, He Huchen and the Ningxia generals hurried out to greet them.
"The last general has seen General Zhengxi." Although He Huchen had gray hair, he was full of energy and shouted loudly. Crazy
Other officers, big and small, followed to greet Yang Fan.
Yang Fan's face was cold, he rode on the horse and said, "No courtesy."
The generals stood up quickly. He Huchen raised his hands to Zhang Shize and said, "He, the little lackey, has met the young master."
Zhang Shize said with a smile: "Lao He, what the hell did you do, let others make dumplings for you. Fortunately, you ran out. If something happened to you, it would be a big deal."
He Huchen's face turned red and white for a while.
He had been fighting for his whole life, and when he got old, he became disgraced.
He knew that as long as he reported his name, it would be impossible for Zhang Shize not to defend him. In all likelihood, Uncle Dingyuan will not pursue this matter any further. Crazy
Yang Fan planned to give Zhang Shize some face. Since this matter wasn't too bad, he didn't plan to deal with these idiots.
"It's windy outside. Please invite the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief to come into the camp and wash off the dust first. I will give you a detailed report." He Huchen said with a smile.
In the past three days, we have indeed been on the road again and again, crossing the Kubuqi Desert, leaving everyone covered in yellow dirt.
Yang Fan looked at He Huchen and said, "Wu Ri Geng Da Lai, where are you going?"
"Returning to what the Marshal said, the Mongols have gone west. Ye Busuo has just reported back. The horse dung and the traces on the sand are all going west."
Hearing this, Zhang Shize said with some confusion: "Is Wu Ri Geng Da Lai crazy? To the west is the Yellow River, and beyond the Yellow River is Ningxia Town. What is he going to the west for?"
Yang Fan thought for a moment, slapped his thigh and said, "No, they plan to go through Ningxia Zhenchuan, climb Helan Mountain, and go from Alxa to Linhe to join Dasa."
Zhang Shize, He Huchen and others were all shocked, and Wu Ri was even more surprised at how courageous he was.
But then I thought about it and I understood.
Ningxia Town is a small and narrow Yellow River impact plain from the north to the south. It's not very wide, so it's not difficult to rush through. Although Ningxia Town still has 20,000 guard soldiers and 6,000 battalion soldiers left behind. However, they may not dare to go out of the city to fight with the Mongols.
Yang Fan raised his head and thought for a while, then said, "No, we can't let them go to Ningxia Town to cause trouble. We must chase them."
Yang Fan presided over this massacre. If trouble was brought to Ningxia Town, it would be Yang Fan's responsibility.
Zhang Shize looked back at the exhausted servants with a troubled look on his face. The fifteen hundred cavalry he brought with him could no longer run. I really can't keep up with Yang Fan.
Yang Fan knew that they were exhausted along the way. Crazy
Yang Fan said: "You and your servants stay here to rest, and I will lead people to pursue them. To prevent them from coming back. There are infantry here. If the Mongols come back, they will not be able to catch up. You stay to stop them."
Zhang Shize nodded and said, "Okay, let's stay here to rest. If Wu Rigendailai runs back again, I will hold him back until you come back."
