In the early morning in the valley, birds are singing and the air is fresh. The sun shines through the gaps in the pine branches. Dust was flying in the rays of light.
Groups of soldiers formed four columns and marched in units of one hundred households.
Yan Yingyuan took the cavalry battalion assigned to him by Yang Fan. Walking at the front with the most elite first, second and third regiments. The first, second, and third regiments were organized according to the soldiers who performed best in training.
An important aspect of Yang Fan's thought on building an army is that soldiers must be selected from the best. There must be fist troops.
Put together the best soldiers. Give military pay above average. Give the best equipment. At the same time, extraordinary training is also required.
Yan Yingyuan equipped the first and second regiments with chain armor and scale armor. The weapon is also tilted as much as possible. All the good things provided by Jingying are here. The war horses are also here.
The army turned around the last ridge, and the valley entrance was in front of them.
After five days of arduous march, we will soon reach our destination. The whole army was very excited. After all, walking on the mountain road is too hard.
We were lucky along the way. We didn't encounter the Mongols and we got here with almost no fighting.
Suddenly, everyone looked at the mouth of the valley in shock, with expressions of disbelief.
In the distance, the width of the valley mouth less than three miles was densely covered with Mongolian cavalry.
Yan Yingyuan sighed, he was discovered by Mongolia even though he was sneaking so carefully. Looking at the tens of thousands of people on the other side, they were waiting for themselves to appear.
It seemed that he was no match for the Mongols in playing by surprise in the wilderness. They are the masters of wilderness survival. I don’t even know when or how I was exposed.
Obviously, the Mongols are not fools. In mountain fighting, cavalry has no advantage, and it is also inconvenient to maneuver. They might as well wait for them here.
"Set up your formation, keep moving forward, don't stop, press forward." Yan Yingyuan ordered.
Everyone understood the seriousness of the situation at this time. The entrance to the valley was blocked.
At this point, they had no choice and had to fight hard. Because the exit of the valley is blocked. Once they can't get out, they will be trapped here. When the food runs out, it's all over.
Yan Yingyuan rode his horse out of the queue, raised his horse's shaft and shouted loudly: "Brothers, we have worked so hard to get here, can we be blocked here? Can we be blocked here waiting for the baggage to be exhausted? No! We meet on a narrow road, such as Two rats fight in their dens, and the brave one wins. Everyone and I rush over. Kill the general, seize the flag, and trap the enemy in battle! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The cavalry battalion Yang Fan gave him immediately shouted loudly.
"Behead the general and capture the flag! Defeat the enemy in battle! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
All the officers also shouted.
"Behead the general and capture the flag! Defeat the enemy in battle! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Finally, the soldiers were quickly aroused, and more than 30,000 people roared in unison,
"Behead the general and capture the flag! Defeat the enemy in battle! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The sound echoed in the valley, continuously amplified, and reached the mouth of the valley, making a deafening sound.
Mankun Taiji of Qinghai Yongxiebu tribe turned pale in surprise for a moment. He murmured: "Isn't it a group of civilians? Why are they so powerful? They look more elite than the soldiers and horses in Gansu Town."
Dabulaitaiji frowned and said, "The information is correct. These people were civilians a few months ago. Uncle Dingyuan didn't have enough troops, so he went south to attack the Ordos tribe. He left these civilians to defend the city. I didn't expect that they dared to do so. Come out to rescue Zhao Wangcheng. It’s true that a rabbit dares to kick off an eagle.”
Over the past two hundred years, wars between feudal lords in Mongolian society have made Qinghai a refuge for small feudal lords. As long as they fail in the struggle, they will take refuge in Qinghai with the remaining troops. The Mongolian tribes here are very complex. But the main force was the Tumuts and the Yonshebu.
Dabulaihuntaiji and Mankunhongtaiji are the leaders of the two groups of Zhutaiji respectively. Although the names are all Taiji, it depends on the prefix. Those with special prefixes have higher status.
"Taiji" first appeared in the Mongolian period. Originally used only for princes. Derived from the Chinese word for prince.
The crown prince is called "Hongtaiji", and the disciples are called "Taiji". Later it evolved into Yesugei's general name for Atuer and the descendants of Genghis Khan. Taiji at all levels are members of the same clan (same bone) and are not allowed to intermarry with each other.
Taiji and Ji are both local forces with large territories. Their territory is probably equivalent to the banner of Inner Mongolia in later generations. And higher than Taiji is Jinong, whose territory is equivalent to the Inner Mongolia League in later generations. Jinong is the leader of the alliance and the deputy king of the Great Khan.
The son-in-law who marries a gold family is called "Tabu Nang". Tabu Nang's status was lower than that of Taiji, and he was a medium-sized local lord. His subordinates command Na Yan, the chiefs of various tribes, large and small. Under that face is the herdsman. The pastoral owner is equivalent to the pastoral captain, the organizer of production, and the manager of the grassroots troops.
There are no farmers in many areas. You can't be called a farmer just because you have strong soldiers and horses.
Taiji became the supreme ruler. Those marked with "Hong", "Hong", "Hun", "Huang", etc. in front of Taiji are all first-level Taiji.
In fact, Huang Taiji means Huang Taiji. It's not his real name, but his title.
It was only when the Ming Dynasty was compiling the history of the Ming Dynasty that it was translated into Chinese as Huang Taiji to strengthen the authority of his name. His real name should be a Manchu name like Daishan and Dorgon.
According to the research results of Mr. Jin Qicong, an expert in Jurchen studies, Manchu studies and Mongolian studies, the original meaning of Nurhaci in Manchu is "wild boar skin", Shuerhaqi is "little wild boar skin", Yarhaqi is "leopard skin", and Dorgon is a "badger", so Huang Taiji is a "wolf".
In the Korean history book "Records of the Ri Dynasty", Huang Taiji's name is "Hei Huanbolei". Russian sinologist Gorsky believes that the real name of "Huang Taiji" is "Abahai". They are all pronounced close to Canglang in Manchu.
There are a total of thirteen Taijis among these ten thousand people. Some of them are from the Yongxiebu tribe, some are from the Qinghai Tumote Seven Tribes, and two are from the Tumote headquarters who escaped from Guihua City.
These tribes in Qinghai, because they have no legal aid to farmers, can only form the Taiji Conference to lead.
After a group of people whispered among each other, they decided to touch each other first to test each other's quality. This is a more cautious attitude. After all, these Han people don't look like civilians.
"Although this terrain is more open than the mountain road, our horses still can't run away. However, we can't give up the valley entrance. This battle is not easy to fight."
"It's hard to fight, and you can't dismount. Our scimitars are not as long as their spears."
Dab Lai was also very confused after listening to these discussions. The meaning of spreading the seeds to Jinong is to block the entrance of the valley. At this time, he was watching from the camp outside King Zhao's city.
He now has the support of Qinghai Qibu and Yongxie Bubu, and Kansai Qibu has also arrived. He was shaking again now. In this counterattack, he will sit in Zhao Wangcheng and watch the army capture Jiuyuan.
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