The Ming Dynasty in the Guan Guan is celebrating the Zhengdan Festival happily. The Tatars outside the Guan Guan have suspended their troops for half a year. At this moment, they are eyeing the Ming Dynasty in the Guan Guan again.
However, this time was different because a person came from the northwest - Wang Yue. Speaking of Wang Yue, I'm afraid every Mongolian knows very well that compared to the Han generals they have come into contact with in the past two years, Wang Yue is the only one who is a thorn in the side and is very difficult to deal with.
In the past ten years of fighting, the Mongolian cavalry, which has always been known for its invincibility in field battles, suffered a lot at the hands of Wang Yue.
In the third year of Chenghua, Zhu Yongzheng, the Marquis of Funing, was appointed Maolihai, and Wang Yue praised him for managing military affairs and military discipline. The Tatars invaded Datong Salt House and other places and plundered people and animals. Wang Yue mobilized officers and soldiers to resist, beheading twenty-seven of them, and captured Téliu Timur and twelve others alive.
In May of the same year, Du commanded Li Kai and other detachments to resist the incoming Tatars. Wang Yue and Qin Ji, the left young eunuch who guarded Datong, led their troops to coordinate and defeat the Tatar army, capturing twelve people alive and beheading twenty-seven.
In the fifth year of Chenghua, the Tatars invaded the Hetao area. Wang Rui, the governor of Yansui, asked for help. Wang Yue led his troops and rushed there. In Yulin, he sent guerrilla general Xu Ning out to the west to Longzhou and Zhenjing Zhubao, and Fan Jin to the east to Shenmu and Zhenjing. He suppressed the Qiang forts, and he and his lieutenant Qin Gang guarded Yulin City to support them and defeated the Tatars.
In the sixth year of Chenghua, Wang Yue led his army back to Beijing. When they arrived at Piantou Pass on the way back to the army, Yansui alerted them again. The Ministry of War impeached him for leaving his post without permission. Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to pardon Wang Yue and ordered him to rush to Yansui for reinforcements. More than 10,000 enemy troops invaded in five groups. Wang Yue ordered General Xu Ning and others to lead his troops to repel them, and was promoted to right deputy censor of the capital.
In March of the same year, the imperial court continued to disturb the border because of A Luo Chu and others. Wang Yue and Zhu Yong were ordered to lead an army to attack and defeated the enemy in Kaihuangchuan. The generals pursued the enemy and fled to Niujiazhai. A Luo Chu was shot by random arrows and escaped.
In the ninth year of Chenghua, Mandu Luhan led the Mongolian cavalry to penetrate deeply into Qinzhou and Anding. Wang Yue took a detour and led Xu Ning, the commander-in-chief of Yansui, and Zhou Yu, the guerrilla general, each with 4,600 riders as left and right sentries. They departed from Hong'er Mountain in Yulin and traveled 180 miles day and night to the White Salt Flats. After marching another one hundred and fifty miles, they discovered that the Tatar army, old and weak, was in the Red Salt Pond, camped for more than fifty miles. Wang Yue used a trick to distribute the weak horses into the formation, and to show off his momentum, he deployed strong cavalry in front of the formation. Xu Ning led the left team and Zhou Yu led the right team, spreading their wings. More than a thousand fine cavalry were also assigned to ambush the side of the camp. When the Ming army advanced to about twenty miles outside the Tatar camp, the Tatars gathered to resist. The Ming army suddenly ambush, attacked from both sides, defeated the opponent, beheaded 355 people, and captured countless camels, horses, cattle, sheep, and equipment.
In the 16th year of Chenghua, during the Battle of Weininghai, the Tatars and Tatars also thought that Ma Yin would invade the border. They mobilized 21,000 elite troops from the capital camp and Datong and Xuanfu towns to leave Gudianguan and lie in hiding at night for 27 days. Arrive at Mao'erzhuang in the day, attack Weininghai at night, and behead 437 Tatars.
In the seventeenth year of Chenghua, Wang Yue pursued Heishiya and defeated the Tatars. He captured ten people alive, beheaded 113 people, and captured 729 horses and more than 6,200 pieces of equipment.
In the 21st year of Chenghua, Yansui was victorious, resulting in numerous Tatar casualties.
On the grassland, inside the Mongolian tent.
"Great Khan, that Wang Yue is old. He is just an old male sheep waiting to die. As long as we raid the Lanzhou Guard like last time, we will definitely defeat the Ming army."
Batu Mengke remained silent, just staring at the Mongoljin and Shuo man who was speaking in front of him.
Ever since the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty ordered the closure of border market trade, life for the Mongolians has become increasingly difficult. As the fifteenth generation grandson of Genghis Khan and a great golden descendant, he has naturally shouldered the important task of reviving Mongolia.
A year after Emperor Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty came to the throne, he first defeated the Lanzhou Guards, and then took advantage of the tribute period and when the Han people relaxed their vigilance, he annihilated the Ming army in Datong and returned with a great victory. The supplies looted in Datong last time had been used up not long ago. The target of this raid was the Ming Dynasty. After all, the Han people had lived in the pass for a long time and had abundant supplies.
But Batu Mengke was still relatively timid about Wang Yue, who was appointed governor of the northwest. After all, a skinny camel was bigger than a horse.
Ao Tai from Mengleguojin, who had always advocated a sneak attack on the Lanzhou Guard, was still trying to persuade them.
The Mengle Guojin tribe is a member of Huoshai. Although Huoshai has recognized himself as the Great Khan on the surface, he still does not take himself seriously in private.
For example, he always disagreed with the merger of tribes, but stationed himself in the Hetao area alone. Later, he could not hinder the majesty of his Khan and agreed to merge the tribes. But in the end, he only sent more than 5,000 cavalry to merge with him.
Batu Mengke pondered for a while, and finally opened his mouth and said: "I heard Hatun tell me before that the Han people have an honest man. When he is seventy or eighty years old, he can still hold a bow with three stones, eat three bowls of rice, and still have courage. Although Wang Yue is already an old man, he still cannot be underestimated, and we must discuss the matter of the raid on Lanzhou Guard carefully."
The grumpy Bolger slammed the table and said angrily: "Why does the Great Khan always boost the ambition of the Ming army and destroy his own prestige? Half a year ago, the Great Khan said that the Ming army in Datong is well-equipped. They have high combat effectiveness, but in the end, we cut off their heads with sabers, robbed their women, and demolished their houses? In my opinion, we should follow the words of the Tugur and immediately send troops to let the Ming army take a look at our Mongolian cavalry. Strength."
Tuwu'er, who had been persuading him earnestly, was overjoyed when he heard someone speaking for him, and even shouted: "We must capture Wang Yue alive!"
Batu Meng was furious and shouted: "Borg, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will cut out your tongue!"
Seeing that Batu Mengke, who was known as the Master of the ZTE, had no intention of sending troops, Tuwuer's eyes jumped, he clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice:
"Since the Great Khan has no intention of sending troops, please forgive me for retreating!"
Tuwu'er bowed hastily and left angrily.
In the evening, Tuwu'er gathered his troops, quietly left the Mongolian camp, and galloped towards the Lanzhou Guard.
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Wang Yue served as the governor of the northwest. After arriving in the northwest, he found that the city defenses here were dilapidated. He could have guessed with his ass that all the salary and silver in previous years must have been embezzled. So the first order given when arriving in the northwest was to repair the city walls and rectify the armaments.
Wang Yue set up outposts all over the northwest front and sent out sentries and cavalry on duty in turns. If there was any trouble on the front, he would immediately go back to report it. At the same time, it also strengthened the connection between Ganliang and Yanning, making them look after each other.
Every household in the Ming Dynasty in the pass is celebrating the New Year happily, but the soldiers at the border are having a harder time. Because the military camp is busy, they can't go home to visit relatives. In previous years, they would stare at the stars in the sky and miss their families.
But after Wang Yue became the governor of the northwest, this monotonous atmosphere changed. On the eve of the Zhengdan Festival, Wang Yue paid for the purchase of wine, beef and mutton, white rice, and cattle and sheep hooves from surrounding counties.
On the night of the Zhengdan Festival, dozens of soldiers in the military camp gathered in a circle and began to eat haise, drink, and make dirty jokes. Listening to the loud crackling of firecrackers in ordinary people's homes not far from the camp gate, these drunken sergeants felt that the New Year celebration here was similar to that at Zige'er's home.
These days, although the New Year has just passed, there is still a sense of New Year. Wang Yue ordered each military camp to start a martial arts competition. Through the joint efforts of the soldiers, many competitive events were organized, such as individual duels, horseback archery, etc.
On this day, the soldiers of Gansu Town, under the command of Wang Yue, were competing in horseback archery. Suddenly a sentry rider galloped into the military camp and shouted:
"The Tatars are coming, the Tatars are coming!"
After hearing this, everyone suddenly lost the fun of the competition, fell silent, and made a way for the Sentinel Cavalry to go around.
"Inform the Governor, there are Tatar cavalry at the front outpost. There are about 5,000 people, and they are already heading this way!"
Wang Yue stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The Tatars came just in time to try out the cannons shipped from the capital.
After Zhu Youtang inspected the capital camp in the capital last time, he ordered on the spot that the Arms Department increase production and transport all firearms for the next month to the northwest.
Following the emperor's order, the Arms Department did not dare to be careless. After producing a batch of firearms at the end of the month, they immediately rushed to the northwest. Although there are not many. There are only twelve Hudun cannons, but these twelve cannons are enough for the Tatar army to drink a pot.
I saw Wang Yue murmuring a few words in a low voice to the generals and commanders nearby. After hearing this, the generals and commanders were overjoyed and said, "The governor is really a god!"
Let's say that Tuwu'er led five thousand cavalry straight towards Gansu Town. The Tatar cavalry marched for a long time until noon. The terrain gradually became steep. As soon as the drums sounded, arrows were fired from both sides of the hills. Rolling stones and trees rolled down. It was the team of Liu Ning, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, who took a shortcut and came to intercept them, blocking the path of the five thousand Tatar cavalry in one fell swoop.
For a moment, the sound of killing was loud on the hillside, and the two armies shot at each other. The Ming army was elite, while the Mongolian soldiers were numerous. For a while, they fell into a stalemate, and no one could take advantage.
Tuwu'er used his palms on his horse to cover the dazzling sunlight and looked far into the distance: "There are not too many Ming troops on the hillside. They only seem to be about a thousand. The men wave your sabers. Break through the defenses before arriving!”
At this moment, all the Ming army suddenly ran up the hillside. When Tuwu'er saw it, he waved his saber and shouted excitedly: "Mongolian warriors, the Ming army is defeated, let me take advantage of the victory and pursue it!"
The Tatar cavalry all roared and rushed up the hillside, and suddenly black artillery was flashed on the hillside. At this time, the Tatar cavalry did not know the power of this tiger pier gun, so they charged up the hillside with a hard top.
Just a few loud "bang" noises were heard, the sound of artillery shook the sky, and the Ming army fired the artillery. The Tatar cavalry were densely packed around the hillside, and they directly became the target of accurate artillery fire.
Every shell of the Hudun cannon hit the ground with a deafening sound. The Tatar cavalry instantly fell on their backs and was killed and injured.
Some Tatar cavalry were unwilling to give in and took out their bows and arrows to shoot at the Ming army. But for the Ming army's artillery, the bows and arrows fired by the Tatar cavalry were just drizzle.
The Ming army's artillery was too fierce. When Tuwu'er saw that the cavalry could not charge forward, he had to shout hurriedly: "Retreat quickly! Retreat quickly!"
When the Tatar cavalry retreated one after another, another group of Ming army cavalry emerged from the thorn.
Kill! "
Thousands of Ming army light cavalry followed Gansu's guard Ma Biao and came over like a tide. With Ma Biao taking the lead, thousands of high-spirited Ming troops followed and charged. The Ming army waved their swords towards Luohuang. The fleeing Tatar cavalry slaughtered them as they had before with their butcher knives on the people.
With only one stick of incense left, the Tatar cavalry was defeated, and Tuwu fled with only a few hundred cavalrymen alive.
In this battle, the Ming army won a great victory, and Wang Yue sent people to convey the good news to the capital. By the way, let the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty see that the Tatar cavalry is not invincible!
Although the Hudun Cannon is easy to carry with the army and has high maneuverability, it is still a cannon after all. Even if it is pulled out and deployed, it will take some time.
Therefore, when Wang Yue learned of the military situation, his first reaction was to ask Liu Ning to lead part of the Ming army to occupy the strategic position and hold back the Tatar cavalry. After the Hudun artillery was deployed, they used intensive cannon fire tactics, and finally ordered the cavalry to harvest the battlefield.
The news of Wang Yue's victory over the Tatar cavalry quickly spread throughout the northwest, and the soldiers in the northwest were all greatly boosted in morale. After all, since the Tumubao Incident, the Ming army had always fought back against the Tatar cavalry's incursions, and rarely did anything like this happen. Such a proactive attack.
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