The current composition of the four guards of Yumajian is very strange. Originally, most of them were high-ranking officials and military officers who surrendered to Mongolia. Recently, Zhu Qiyu has added a large number of native officials from Jiaozhi who surrendered.
Jiaozhi, represented by Chen Fuzong and Ruan Zongqi, surrendered to local officials. They liked raising elephants as a symbol and were obsessed with elephant fighting. So now the stable has become a hodgepodge of horse breeders and elephant breeders.
However, there was also the first tentative attack, and the war elephant soldiers did not go into battle. Zhu Qiyu felt that the war elephant soldiers were not suitable for a head-on confrontation with the Wala cavalry. On the contrary, during the final night attack on Ye Xian's camp, it was used as a secret weapon to break through the first line of defense of Ye Xian's camp, and it was even more effective.
He also first dispatched five hundred second-rate cavalry under his command to call for battle at Changyi Gate. This cavalry was selected from the soldiers and horses of Alazhiyuan's headquarters, with a total of three thousand people.
This time, five hundred of them were sent out to test the combat power of the Royal Horse Guards Cavalry. For Ye Xian, it would be good to win, but he would not feel bad if he died.
Since Zhu Qiyu gave Liu Yongcheng the promise of becoming a marquis and his nephew Liu Ju the promise of becoming an uncle, Liu Ju had no reservations as soon as he came up. He selected the most elite five hundred cavalry and did not use artillery. A fair one-on-one contest with the opposing 500-watt cavalry.
The two sides fought each other outside Zhangyi Gate, but Boluo hesitated with six thousand cavalry outside Yuantu City.
It was just because Xu Heng, the Marquis of Xing'an, adopted a completely opposite strategy to Liu Ju's and huddled in Yuantu City, unable to hold on. No matter how much Bo Luo led others to yell and curse, Xu Heng just turned a deaf ear.
Although Bo Luo's scolding became more and more unpleasant, Xu Heng was not only not annoyed, but also in the mood to joke with Fan Guang: "I once talked about the world's famous generals, and at that time I was also giving advice to the country, and I was arrogant. At that time, I even criticized Cheng Guogong as a 'violent slave'. Like a baby'.
Now that retribution has come, the Tartars outside will treat me like a baby. "
Fan Guang said with a smile: "These Tartars are not very bright. They fought too smoothly in Shanxi before, which made them unable to turn around.
If I were them, after four thousand people were killed in the battle, I would immediately run as far away as possible and never come back. Unfortunately, they still felt that our successful night attack was just a trick, and we were still vulnerable when fighting on the battlefield.
Looking at this stance, Polo is really going to die here this time. But how can we completely annihilate each other? Will they really fight to the death? "
Xu Heng said with a smile: "A gentleman bullies his opponent. Your Majesty puts the hat of a Mongolian warrior on the opponent's head to prevent them from escaping.
Besides, we have 50,000 people from Shi Heng on the left and 25,000 from Tao Jin and Marquis Chengshan on the right. Wherever Polo can run, he can only run backward.
If Your Majesty sends Liu De with an army of 30,000 men to cut off Boluo's rear, he will not be able to escape even if he has no wings.
What we have to do is divide and eat the last 16,000 people in Polo. Brother Fan, whether you can be granted the title of Marquis or not, it all depends on this.
Don’t worry during our journey. Brother, I am willing to be a grown-up. When the time comes, I will take you with me. Let’s go straight into Polo’s army and remove the fattest piece of meat. "
Zhu Qiyu also thought so and temporarily dispatched Li Xuan and the five hundred servants he brought to Yingzhou Guard to fight with Xu Tong.
This also gave Li Xuan the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, and it was even possible to capture a Wala leader alive. After all, Li Xuan has an advantage that others don't have: he has servants.
On the battlefield, servants are like dead soldiers. They will not only protect the family master with all their strength, but also help the family master fight to create opportunities to kill generals and make meritorious deeds.
Zhu Qiyu lay happily on the bedside before it was completely dark, and started counting with his fingers: "Cao Guo Gong, Ding Guo Gong, An Guo Gong, when this battle is over, I will have three trusted Dukes under my command. .
Moreover, they are one of the founders of the country, one of the peace nobles, and one of the national salvation heroes. They are all neat and tidy, which is quite honorable when you think about it.
Among the marquises, I also have Chengshan Marquis and Champion Marquis. In addition, Xu Tong, Gu Zhong, and Liu Chang will also become marquises sooner or later. This way I have five Hous in hand.
With the three princes and five princes, plus most of the neutral princes, I can basically control the nobles and generals. "
The two little girls, Ningxiang and Linglong, who were nestling in Zhu Qiyu's arms, just watched quietly as their silly emperor twirled his fingers.
After Zhu Qiyu finished counting the eight trusted princes, the two women gradually showed an incredible look on their faces: there were only eight people in total, but they still needed to count their fingers so seriously. Such a stupid mind is as bad as the ones like He Yi and Han Yong who got Jinshi in their early twenties.
Zhu Qiyu misunderstood and thought that the two beauties were admiring his ability to recruit talents, so he showed off even more vigorously: "After the war, I will general Ye Xian, Tuo Tuo Bu Hua, Boyan Timur, Ala There are four princes in the Zhiyuan, and their titles are Jing, Xian, Zhong, and Cheng.
I want them to completely pacify the Mongolian grassland for me and achieve my status as the Khan of Mongolia. In the future, the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty will no longer be invaded by Mongolia for at least a hundred years. "
Ningxiang and Linglong looked at each other, and Ningxiang persuaded: "My husband is so powerful, and he has gathered three princes, four kings and five princes under his command. It is really gratifying. Why don't we reward Nujia and Linglong for once."
"Okay, okay, as you wish."
Zhu Qiyu accepted Ningxiang's suggestion obediently. But she didn't expect that Ningxiang's original intention was to vent her anger because she was afraid that she was under too much pressure recently.
The three of them were speechless for a moment.
After Zhu Qiyu finished explaining twice, it became dark.
On the two battlefields outside the city, both sides also began to call it a day.
Outside Zhangyi Gate, five hundred people killed five hundred people. After the war, the number of people was counted. Thirty-two of the Imperial Horse Guards were killed, fifty-three of the Ora Cavalry were killed, and hundreds of people were injured on each side.
It was relatively simple outside Yuantu City. Polo's men were scolding with smoke in their throats, and Xu Heng and Fan Guang didn't fight at all.
Because Fan Guang dug three trenches outside Yuantu City and set up six layers of horse barriers, he truly had three layers inside and three layers outside, surrounding Yuantu City like a hedgehog. Therefore, Polo had no intention or idea of trying to attack by force. Since Xu Heng was willing to be a coward, Polo could only return to the camp angrily.
After all, the emperor's war agreement did not say that he was not allowed to defend the city, and he must go out of the city to fight. So Polo had nothing to say, so he took his troops back to the camp and came to the Chinese army camp to report the battle situation.
After listening to the report by Bo Luo and others, he showed displeasure and scolded everyone severely. Since none of the people who fought today were his direct descendants, he didn't feel bad at first. After scolding him, he ordered everyone to issue a military order. They must gain something tomorrow. If they continue to work without success, military law will be enforced.
The generals were a little flustered by the scolding. Ever since they arrived at the gates of Beijing, not only had they gained nothing, but they had also lost four thousand people. This was really unjustifiable.
So Polo bit the bullet and stated on behalf of the generals that he would definitely fight to the death with the Ming army tomorrow.
