On the seventh day of the sixth lunar month in the first year of Chongzhen, Datong Beiguan Playground City, the Emperor's Palace, and the Zhenwu Temple.
"Long live my Lord, the camp of Hutu Dun Khan is located on Baideng Mountain, which is less than 20 miles away from Datong Town. This Baideng Mountain is where the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, was surrounded by the Huns. Now we and The soldiers and horses of the Han tribe faced off across the Yu River. To the west of the Yu River, our cavalry soldiers patrolled back and forth, while to the east of the Yu River, the cavalry of the Han tribe moved around... "
In the Zhenwu Temple, which was used as the emperor's palace, the one who was explaining the military situation around Datong to Zhu Youjian was Mangui, the general commander of Datong, who was standing beside the young emperor.
In front of the two of them was a wall. On the wall hung a topographic map around Datong City. On it were Yuhe Mountain and Baishan Mountain. Several yurts were also drawn on the edge of Baishan Mountain.
The four "big counselors" Yang Hao, Sun Zushou, Chen Qiyu, and Hong Chengchou, as well as the pro-army commander Hei Yunlong and others, followed Zhu Youjian and Man Gui, stretching their necks to read the map.
What is going on now is the pre-war military discussion!
The group of people recruited by Zhu Youjian also have their own division of labor. Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Yingyuan, Zhou Yuji, Wu Xiang, Cao Wenzhao, Huang Degong, and Hei Yunlong's son Hei Mingxiao each manage a group and are called the group leader or general. Regiment General (the leader with literary qualifications is called the Regiment Commander). Hei Yunlong and Liu Yingkun are in charge of daily training, discipline, logistics and organization. Yang Hao, Sun Zushou, Chen Qiyu and Hong Chengchou formed a staff group, responsible for formulating plans for combat, marching, training, and garrisoning, conveying Zhu Youjian's military orders, and also responsible for training "generals" - those who followed Zhu Youjian. The group of young guards around him, as well as the talented people selected from the eight regiments in front of the tent.
In addition, there is Sun Yuanhua, who was assigned by Zhu Youjian to be in charge of equipment. He is still buying firearms and recruiting Western soldiers in Macau.
In the early years of Chongzhen, this lineup could be called luxurious, with a gathering of strong generals and talented people. Seeing these capable people, Man Gui has a little more confidence in the young emperor... Maybe he can really drive away the tiger and the rabbit Dun Khan?
"Manzong Town," Yang Hao interrupted and asked, twirling his beard, "where should the army cross the river? Do your people have a more reliable stronghold on the other side of the river?"
This is a real fight!
Mangui complained endlessly in his heart. There were 100,000 Tatars who invaded the Han tribe on the other side of the river, but he only had more than 10,000 soldiers in Datong City. There are twenty thousand.
Twenty thousand is much less than one hundred thousand...
"Ah, the Yu River is deep, and it's rainy time in summer. It's impossible to ford it. We need to prepare boats to cross the river..."
Mangui was quite clever and used the deep water of Yuhe River as an excuse to delay for some time. He also knew that the imperial court must be mobilizing troops and generals... Although Zhu Youjian, the young emperor, acted a bit out of line, both the imperial and Chinese factions certainly did not want him to die immediately.
Because Zhu Youjian had no sons, and after his death, King Fu Zhu Changxun would become the person closest to the throne!
His Royal Highness Prince Fu had grievances with many ministers in the court because of the dispute over the country's foundation, and he would definitely retaliate once he came to the throne. The Donglin Party members, who had the deepest grudge against King Fu, colluded with the Liao Town warlords. They might use force to support King Duan Zhu Changhao to ascend the throne...while the Eunuch Party would support King Fu Zhu Changxun.
The Ming Dynasty, which was already suffering from a lot of internal and external troubles, might have a civil war!
Therefore, Mangui estimated that the courtiers would try their best to mobilize troops to reinforce Datong in the future. As long as the reinforcements from the Beijing camp arrived, Hutu Dunhan would naturally withdraw, and then everything would be safe and sound.
"Rainy?" Zhu Youjian frowned and asked, "But what I saw in Datong Town is that there is drought and little rain, and the rivers are dry. Although there is still water in the Yuhe River, the water level is not too deep, right?"
"Your Majesty, it rained heavily in the upper reaches of the Yuhe River a few days ago," Mangui said, "so the water level in the Yuhe River is not shallow..."
The lies must be rounded off!
But Man Gui had just finished speaking when a sound of three-eyed firecrackers being fired came from somewhere. Man Gui, who was telling lies without changing his expression at first, suddenly changed his expression when he heard this noise.
Zhu Youjian is not stupid. He knows that most of the cavalry inserted into the Han tribe have crossed the Yuhe River and went to Datong Town to check the truth. Yesterday, when he led more than 10,000 cavalry to Datong City, there was a lot of movement. , as long as the people who join the Han tribe are not blind or deaf, they must already know it.
Thinking of this, he did not ask Mangui, but gave Sun Zushou a wink: "Counsellor Sun, go and have a look."
Sun Zushou received the emperor's order and immediately walked out of the Zhenwu Temple. At this time, the sound of the three-eyed gun firing was still coming intermittently, and the fighting was quite lively. It seemed that there were quite a few Han cavalry crossing the river!
Zhu Youjian smiled and said to Mangui: "Manzong Town, it seems that Hutu Dunhan's people have found a ford that can be crossed."
Man Gui could only smile bitterly and said: "Your Majesty is wise..."
After a while, Sun Zushou came back to Zhenwu Temple. He crossed his hands and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I just went up to the Xuandong Gate Tower. I checked it with a telescope and found that there was a small group of cavalry on the west bank of the Yuhe River ten miles outside the city. Fight."
Zhu Youjian glanced at Man Gui again, and Man Gui had to answer truthfully: "Long live my Lord, I sent hundreds of riders to patrol the Yuhe River outside Beiguan City... Maybe I met someone Tartar Ride.”
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "The Tatar's riders must know where to cross, right?"
"You should know..."
Zhu Youjian nodded: "Okay! I will catch a few Tatars and ask them."
What? The emperor wants to arrest him personally?
Mangui couldn't believe her ears!
Just when he was in a daze, Zhu Youjian had already ordered, "Let the first regiment of the Zhangqian Army send out a battalion of cavalry to follow me out of the city!"
"Long live Lord, no!"
Man Gui had already reacted and immediately spoke to dissuade him. But how could Zhu Youjian listen to him? The purpose of his coming to Datong is to fight, and no one can stop him.
So he ignored Mangui and mostly left the main hall where the military meeting was held. The young soldiers guarding outside immediately surrounded him.
Zhu Youjian said loudly: "Put on my armor! I want to go out of the city to fight the Tatar cavalry! I want to see how good these Mongolians are!"
What? Still want to fight? This time not only Man Gui was shocked, but also Yang Hao, Sun Zushou, Chen Qiyu, Hong Chengchou, and Hei Yunlong. Although they all knew that Zhu Youjian was very good at martial arts, they were just playing for fun on the martial arts field in Nanhaizi, which was not the same as going to the battlefield!
Just as they were about to open their mouths to dissuade them, Zhu Youjian said again: "And... bring my Rumi gun!"
Zhu Youjian's martial arts ranking as the best in the world is not just for casual talk, but for someone with real skills! His real skill is to use Rumi's gun to shoot black guns... His gun skills are very high, and he can kill people at a distance of seventy or eighty steps! Even the best warrior in Mongolia couldn't withstand this kind of martial arts!
...
The number one warrior in Mongolia this time is Gui Yingcha, who is known as the number one warrior in Mongolia in wrestling, archery, and horse riding! Moreover, he is also the leader of Hutu Dunhan's ace unit, Tieshan Konot Shisumu. In recent years, he has conquered east and west for Hutu Dunhan, with almost no defeat.
Because yesterday Hutu Dunhan learned that 10,000 to 20,000 Ming army cavalry were coming to aid Datong, and he had a premonition that the Ming army was about to launch a counterattack, so he sent his brother-in-law and the first Mongolian warrior Gui Yingcha to lead a sumu iron barrage. The cavalry and more than a thousand armed herdsmen crossed Yuhe to test the strength of the Ming army.
Gui Yingcha did not send out the iron cavalry as soon as he came up. Instead, he used armed herdsmen as cannon fodder to kill people and set fires in several villages on the west bank of the Yuhe River. As a result, he ran into the cavalry soldiers sent by Man Gui. The two sides engaged in a melee on the west bank of the Yuhe River. The fight was lively, but neither of them used their full strength. The Ming army used bows and arrows and three-eyed blunderbuss, and the armed herdsmen of the Han tribe just fired arrows from a distance. Neither side had the intention to rush forward and fight hand-to-hand.
Gui Yingcha was not in a hurry to take action. Instead, he chose a small forest by the river and squinted, waiting for the armed herdsmen he sent out to fish out the big fish...
