Upon hearing this letter, both Timurs were stunned for a while. Hong Boyan Timur, whose mind was spinning faster, suddenly got excited and said, "Quick, quick, prepare your horse!"
"Let the horse army prepare and come out with me to chase!"
"Could it be a fraud?" Gaobasi Timur asked.
"No." Hong Boyan Timur took the weapon handed over by a Yuan soldier and said firmly: "If they have enough troops, it would be a good idea to only go around one of them and then attack from the front and back. Now both of them go to the gap together. If you run away, you must be cowardly!" Then he turned around and said: "Lead the people to guard the wall. As long as they are not attacked from both sides, the Ming army will not be able to defeat Shanhaiguan."
Gao Basi Timur nodded and watched Hong Boyan Timur open the door and go to pursue the Ming army.
Just in case, Hong Boyan Timur led 5,000 horse troops and 15,000 infantry troops, a total of 20,000 people, and headed west of Shanhaiguan in panic. On the way, a leader from the Yuan Dynasty asked, "Sir, the Ming army fled at night. We are a step too late after all. Can we catch up?"
"It doesn't matter." Hong Boyan Timur's eyes flashed slightly. "The Ming army did not take the right road, but a remote mountain road. It is difficult to travel on mountain roads at night, so they will not get anywhere fast."
"We pursued from the main road and got twice the result with half the effort. By the way, have you seen the princes of the Zhu family and which army they are in?"
"Your Excellency." The leader of Tanma replied: "In the front of the Ming army, there are the carriages and canopies of Prince Ming."
"The front army?" Hong Boyan Timur was even more sure. "Let me tell you. I have dealt with Ye Wang for a long time in Liaodong. This man has always been fierce and brave, but today he actually ran away."
"Thinking about it, it must be those children from the Zhu family who were greedy for life and fearful of death, forcing Ye Wang to flee. The reason why the army was divided into two groups must be to keep one group behind and die."
He shook his head and pretended to sigh and be indignant for Ye Wang, his old rival. But in the end, he still showed a ferocious expression: "Order the whole army to move quickly! Let's go around to the front to set up an ambush and capture those Zhu family dolls first!"
"With those Zhu Ming dolls in hand, the Ming army behind the palace will be defeated without any attack."
Hong Boyan Timur wanted to go around to the front, but he also thought carefully about it. The Yuan army that used to bypass Shanhaiguan was actually led by him. Therefore, he had a clear idea of the conditions of the mountain road behind the gap.
The mountain road is difficult to travel on the one hand, because if it is difficult to travel, the Ming army will march slowly. But he took the official road, which was much faster than the Ming army.
Secondly, Hong Boyan Timur also knew where the mountain road merged into the main road. He has even thought of the place to set up an ambush: there are two dangerous places on the official road to the west of Shanhaiguan: "Hulukou" and "Yingzui Gorge", although these two names are already in use on roads all over China. , but as long as the boundary can be called these two names, it all indicates that the terrain here is steep and it is an excellent place to set up an ambush and annihilate the enemy.
Although "Hulukou" is more dangerous, if you set up an ambush here before the mountain road merges into the official road, you will miss the Ming army. However, "Yingzui Gorge" is located behind the entrance, so it is appropriate to set up an ambush here.
Hong Boyan Timur led an army of 20,000 yuan and rushed along the official road to Yingzui Gorge. After arriving, he first sent out detective horses to check whether there were any traces of a large number of Ming troops marching. After a while, I scouted the horse and reported back. Sure enough, there was nothing strange everywhere, and the Ming army hadn't had time to get here.
"Everything is as expected." The generals around him flattered him.
"Huh, I've already calculated it correctly. If the Ming army wants to get here, it will take at least another hour." Hong Boyan Timur looked at the path with deep eyes, but his expression could not suppress his joy.
"The children of the Zhu family must have never imagined that our army has already circled in front of them. Even the children of the Zhu family dare to compete with me. Let's see how they die this time."
"Your Excellency is about to make a great achievement, I will congratulate you!" A group of generals said in unison.
Twenty thousand people had set up an ambush in Yingzui Gorge, and soon a horse came from the front to report: "Sir, Ming troops are coming from the front, and they are only five miles away from here!"
"Sir, you really have a wonderful plan!" someone continued to clap the horse.
Hong Boyan Timur was stunned for a moment. Because according to his previous estimates, the Ming army should be at least an hour away from here. But now, only half an hour has passed.
Why did this Ming army move so fast?
"The Ming army is only one mile away from here!" Another scout came to report.
In Hong Boyan Timur's field of vision, he had already seen several banners and banners of the Ming Dynasty princes, as well as a few extremely eye-catching carriages. At this time, it was too late to think more. Hong Boyan Timur stood up, drew his scimitar and shouted: "Come for me! Whoever captures the prince of the Zhu family alive will be rewarded with a thousand cattle and sheep, and a hundred taels of gold!"
All of a sudden, torches and flags were lit above Yingzui Gorge, and the Yuan army shouted loudly and rushed towards the Ming army on the official road.
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"Your Highness, Fifth Prince." In the mountain road, Ru Taisu asked Zhu Su angrily with a fierce look on his face. "Why doesn't Your Highness speed up the march? The Ye command post in front has already disappeared."
"How can the two armies coordinate with each other when they are so far apart?"
"I sincerely request His Highness to order the march to be accelerated. If this continues, if the Yuan army defeats them one by one..."
"Don't worry, old man." Zhu Su, who was sitting on the horse, was still looking at ease. "Then Ye Wang is obviously dissatisfied with us. Even if he marches close to the front, can we guarantee that he will rescue us?"
"Besides, take a look around us first...the soldiers borrowed from Dingliao Guards don't have a high sense of identity with us, and most of them have low morale. If we force ourselves to order an emergency march at this time, I'm afraid that these five thousand Dingliao guards will Wei, we need to take advantage of the darkness to escape without a trace."
"This..." Ru Taisu paused after hearing the words, and then said in annoyance: "His Highness forced himself to ask for the camp to go out, which is really a bad move. We should just like the Suzhou Guard at that time, completely let the Dingliao Guard return to his heart, and then break up the camp... …”
"It's not that easy." Zhu Su shook his head. "Ye Wang kept asking for battle and suppressed him for several days. I have tried my best. If I continue to suppress him, I am afraid that the Dingliao guards will mutiny."
"Besides, our army is already running out of food and grass, and we don't have time to slowly conquer them."
"...Instead of doing this, it is better to follow Ye Wang's eagerness to fight and use the trick..."
"Your Highness has made a plan?" Ru Taisu was shocked and asked Zhu Su in great surprise. Zhu Su smiled slightly and was about to explain. Zhang He and Chang Mao, who were exploring the road ahead, came over and said, "Your Highness, we are almost at the entrance to the official road."
"Okay." Zhu Su nodded. "Send the order, and the whole army will turn around after stepping onto the official road and march towards Shanhaiguan!"
"Yes!" Zhang He, Chang Mao and even Zhu Di and Zhu Cang all looked excited.
"Turn to Shanhaiguan?" Ru Taisu was stunned.
"Your Highness deliberately sent Ye Wang's troops far ahead to lure the enemy. Could it be that he wanted to take advantage of the front army to hold back the Yuan army and attack Shanhaiguan?" He quickly realized something, and couldn't help but trembled all over. Then a new doubt arose: "But... Shanhaiguan is an important pass, but we only have a few thousand people. Even if Shanhaiguan is really empty of troops at this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture it with just us people... …”
"Old Rutou, who said that the so-called Xiongguan Pass can only be attacked by force with the lives of soldiers?"
"Why do you think this king dragged Ye Wang away and didn't get up to break camp until these days?" Zhu Su unfolded a folding fan on his horse. On top of the folding fan, there were four wildly cursive characters: "Do not talk about martial ethics".
"It's because it's been dry these past few days, so we need to be careful about lighting..."
(End of chapter)
