When Kuai Chengen escaped from Lingzhou City, he only took with him 300 Cangtou troops, who were the servants of the Kuai family and were the most elite part of the Ningxia rebels. According to his prediction, he had chosen the time of his escape very well. At that time, the army had just broken through the city, and all attention should be on controlling the gap in the city gate as soon as possible and getting the army into the city to control the situation in the shortest possible time.
At this time, the officers and soldiers would not notice him.
But what he didn't expect was that the telescopes in Gao Pragmatic and Ma Gui's hands were inferior to the first-generation monoculars equipped in Ningxia Town, so he was discovered when he quietly slipped away from the tower. As for the use of avatars to disguise themselves after going down the tower, although Gao Pangshi and the others couldn't see it, it didn't matter anymore.
This slight mistake led to his escape plan being discovered first. Coupled with Gao's pragmatic pursuit order, the Cangtou Army eventually lost nearly half of its manpower during the breakout.
However, Yi Chengen had a cold nature, so even if he lost one of his own servants, it didn't make him sad. He was just a little scared, and then he felt the excitement of escaping from the prison.
Kuai Chengen's "luck" has not been exhausted even now. On the way to Ningxia from Lingzhou, he encountered several rebels who were urgently transferred back to Ningxia from various forts. These people were not originally the subordinates of Kuai Bai and his son, but at this time Kuai Chengen used the excuse of a military emergency and took them all under his command as Kuai Bai's eldest son. When he arrived in Ningxia, he actually managed to get two more Thousands of people - equivalent to him bringing all his troops in Lingzhou back to Ningxia.
Kuai Bai, who had previously learned that Lingzhou was besieged and was anxiously wandering around Ningxia, was naturally excited when he heard that his son was back. Especially when he learned that Kuai Chengen had also recruited some of the other generals' tribes along the way, he was even more excited. Secretly happy, not only did he not blame him, he did not even ask him to return his troops to the other generals.
Yi Chengen returned to Ningxia in the morning, and there was a welcoming banquet for him in Ningxia city at noon. But what he didn't expect was that in the afternoon, someone came back to Ningxia in embarrassment.
This person is none other than the previously ambitious Tu Wenxiu.
When Tu Wenxiu returned to Ningxia, it was much worse than that of Kuai Chengen. The five thousand troops he brought out only returned to the early days of two thousand, and many of them were slightly injured - the seriously injured were no longer needed, and the baggage was almost lost. After all, the first thing I did when I arrived in Ningxia was to eat.
Why is it so miserable? Of course he was beaten. To be more precise, it was blasted.
Tu Wenxiu's troops were not weak to begin with. Even if Xiao Ruxun brought Ma Kongying's troops back with him, there would only be only about 7,000 troops inside and outside Pinglu City. It stands to reason that even if Tu Wenxiu could be defeated with such a force, Tu Wenxiu would not be nearly wiped out. The reason why the final defeat was like this was actually due to Taihu Hantong.
Taihu Hantong is the mother of Boshuoketu, the "Queen Mother" of Taobu who once served as the regent of Taobu and gave up power to her newly grown son a few years ago. Taihu is the Ming transliteration of "Queen Mother", Han The same is "Hatun".
After Taihu Hantong learned that his son Boshu Ketu was defeated and captured, he rushed to Ixibal without stopping to accuse Gao Pangshi. She is as popular as Zhongjin Hatun. Facing Gao Pragmatism, who easily defeated Tumen Khan, she has no temper at all, and her posture is quite low. She makes all kinds of remarks like "I am willing to do whatever it takes" Spreading money freely fully proves that she is a real Mongolian woman.
The characteristics of Mongolian women are very different from those of Han women. They do not have to worry about things like loyalty and honor. Their only traditional style is to obey the strong, and Mongolian men will not have any objection to this - tradition is strength.
If Gao Pragmatic hadn't been interested in her in some way, there would probably be no difficulty in letting her sleep with him. Speaking of which, Taihu Hantong is not too old. She gave birth to Boshu Ketu when she was sixteen. She is only thirty-seven this year, which is the age when she still retains her charm.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic has no such interest. Although she herself was mentally prepared before coming, she is still worried about her son's safety and future "prospects" after all, and will not take the initiative to hook up. Both parties just have a clear stance. We discussed the current situation.
Talking about discussions is of course a way to save face, but in fact Gao Huhantong gave instructions pragmatically, and Taihu Hantong said he would "definitely comply with them."
The most important "instruction" at that time was to order her to lead the army to assist Xiao Ruxun in stabilizing the situation in Pinglu City and blocking Tu Wenxiu's possible escape route to northern Xinjiang.
There is no need to go into detail about this war. In short, Taihu Hantong was not satisfied with blocking Tu Wenxiu's path. She wanted to make more contributions and strive for Ming Dynasty to treat her son leniently - in theory, Han Naji should be dealt with. , but in fact everyone knows that as long as Gao Pragmatic speaks, Han Naji will never refuse. Therefore, Taihu Hantong knew that the more merit he performed for Gao Pingshi, the less guilty his son would be.
After Xiao Ruxun learned what she meant, he thought for a long time and came up with an idea: let Taihu Han and his troops pretend to be ordered to attack Brother Huo Luochi, and go west around Pinglu City. Then Xiao Ruxun's headquarters went out of the city to fight with Tu Wenxiu in the field, holding Tu Wenxiu back. Finally, Taihu Hantong came back with a carbine and worked with him to defeat Tu Wenxiu.
Xiao Ruxun's idea was not bad, but it was a pity that Tu Wenxiu saw it. Tu Wenxiu didn't think there was any problem when she learned that Tai Huhan was going to the west, but just one day after she left, Xiao Ruxun led an army out of the city to challenge, which suddenly made Tu Wenxiu alert.
Worried that Taihu Hantong would come back at any time, Tu Wenxiu chose to temporarily avoid Xiao Ruxun's attack and retreat. Who knew that this withdrawal would lead to trouble.
Originally, according to Tu Wenxiu's guess, Xiao Ruxun went back and brought back 3,000 reinforcements. It seemed that he was just to defend the enemy and wait for a change, and he would not make any other overly radical moves.
The reason is very simple. Since the Ningxia Rebellion, the whole of Ningxia has been completely destroyed. Only his Pinglu City has always stood firm. His name must have gone up to heaven. Those who should be rewarded, promoted, etc. His share is indispensable. In this case, as long as the situation is stable, it is already an excellent situation. Why should he take the risk of going out of the city to fight in the field?
But he came out, which means there must be a ghost here.
According to Tu Wenxiu's idea, as long as he retreats immediately, Xiao Ruxun will definitely not pursue him with all his strength for the sake of stability. In this way, even if he encounters Tai Huhan's returning carbine, he can still fight.
However, imagination is full and reality is skinny. Xiao Ruxun, who has almost seen with his own eyes the highly pragmatic main force to defeat the elite 30,000 to 40,000 troops of the Khan Court in one battle, now does not need to "seek stability" at all - anyway, it can form a strong influence on him. The only threat that exists is Tu Wenxiu. To eliminate this threat, we only need to defeat him. Why do we need stability?
Moreover, Xiao Ruxun himself is also a young man, and he is very eager to make contributions. He hopes to join the army as soon as possible. How can he miss this great opportunity?
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun did not go back to the city immediately after "repelling the powerful enemy" as Tu Wenxiu expected, and wrote a battle report to the court to ask for rewards.
At this time, Tu Wenxiu finally realized that something was wrong. While commanding the battle, fighting and retreating, he sent out detective horses to check the location of the elite troops of Taihu Hantong. 360 Literature Network
Sure enough, the elite of the Ordos Khan Court under Taihu Hantong were trying to fight a good battle to save the face of the disastrous defeat to the Ming army. At this moment, they were not only fighting back, but also running at an extremely fast speed, almost without hesitation of horsepower.
Tu Wenxiu was shocked when he heard the news. The coalition forces of Xiao Ruxun and Ma Kongying alone had already formed an advantage over him in terms of strength. Coupled with the more than 20,000 elites of the Tao tribe, this battle was bound to be lost. It was impossible to win. Good fortune must be taken into account.
At this moment, he completely forgot about his grand plan. He secretly concealed the situation of the war and played a trick. He divided the entire army into two groups, claiming that one group would hold the battle and the other group would retreat first. Then he hurriedly took half of the troops with him. Escape.
This move indeed saved his life. When Tai Huhan went back to fight with him, he only had time to join forces with Xiao Ruxun and Ma Kongying to disarm the 2,500 rebels who were left behind to press the rear of the formation - the other party saw 20,000 Yu Qi abandoned his weapons and surrendered like a bachelor. After all, he knew at a glance that there was no way to fight this battle, so why die in vain?
When Taihu Hantong discovered that Tu Wenxiu had run away, he was furious. He didn't even have time to say hello to Xiao Ruxun, so he chased after him. Unfortunately, Tu Wenxiu was prepared this time. He relied on his familiarity with the terrain and walked around the mountain road like a hide-and-seek. In the end, his tail was only grabbed once by Taihu Hantong. After losing three to four hundred people, he successfully escaped and finally returned to Ningxia.
On the other hand, Xiao Ruxun and Ma Kongying reported victory, and Taihu Hantong reported victory and apologized at the same time. We can not mention it for the time being, but said that Yi Chengen and Tu Wenxiu returned to Ningxia one after another, which seemed to strengthen Ningxia's power, but in fact it also caused internal problems in Ningxia. factors of instability.
Although Tu Wenxiu had his own plans before, he had always been a close confidant of Kuai Bai. Excluding the temporary recruitment of troops, the rest of the 5,000 men under his command were all direct troops of Kuai Bai.
This time, Tu Wenxiu lost nearly 3,000 troops, which was a great damage to Kuaibai's power, and even shook the foundation of Kuaibai's rule.
Regardless of the "claim", in fact, the total number of Ningxia rebels was just over 60,000, and among these 60,000, only half of them belonged to the lineage of Kuai Bai and his son.
Half, that is, 30,000, Tu Wenxiu directly lost one-tenth of Kuaibai's strength, and the impact was certainly not small, especially compared to the other generals under the circumstances of one and the other.
But Tu Wenxiu's loss of three thousand men was only one aspect. On the other hand, Kuai Cheng'en also lost nearly two thousand men. What affected the overall situation even more was that after he lost two thousand men, he took all the troops originally belonging to the other generals. The Fort troops collected some - also close to two thousand.
The seeds of conflict were sown.
The current situation in Ningxia City, in terms of military strength, is that the generals led by Liu Dongyang and others have a slight advantage. Although the Kuaibai group is slightly at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, they have three to four thousand Cangtou Army servants at their disposal, and they have regained the upper hand in terms of quality. city. To a certain extent, the two sides are almost evenly matched, just enough to maintain a balance.
But this balance was soon broken, because Gao pragmatically made an underhanded move.
On the third day after Yi Chengen and Tu Wenxiu returned to Ningxia, the main force of Gao Pangshi's command had not yet arrived at the Ningxia city, but the vanguard of his command, Ma Chengzhao, had already arrived and began to survey the terrain outside Ningxia city and prepare to set up a stronghold. .
Kuaibai sent people to investigate and found that Ma Chengzhao's troops did not have more than 5,000 people at most. He immediately asked Liu Dongyang and others to send troops to attack, trying to catch Ma Chengzhao off guard and give Gao Pragmatic a disincentive.
However, Liu Dongyang and others were not stupid. They refused directly in front of the generals and said that they could fight, but Kuaibai would have to send as many people as he sent to fight.
Kuaibai originally had the intention of killing people with a borrowed knife, but he was directly pointed out. Although he was angry, he still endured it for the sake of the overall situation and sent his second son Kuai Chengchong to fight with Liu Dongyang's troops.
But in the end, Liu Dongyang himself did not go, and the old "fourth battalion" discussed internally for a while, and Liu Chuanbai led 3,000 troops to fight - so Kuai Chengchong also led 3,000 troops.
Generally speaking, six thousand versus five thousand, and you are just waiting for work, it is basically impossible to lose. Who knew that an accident would happen? Not only were the officers and soldiers on the opposite side prepared for it, but they also had extremely powerful firepower. Relying on the "Qi Family Military Vehicle Battalion" that they had only heard of before, they almost defeated Liu Chuanbai and Yi Chengchong in several rounds of counterattack volleys. The department collapsed on the spot.
In particular, the young and energetic Yi Chengchong himself was unlucky enough to be hit by a stray bullet in the instep because he was too far forward, and had to retreat with Liu Chuanbai. After returning home, the two of them recounted the battlefield situation, especially describing the shape of the opponent's military flag. Only then did they realize that there were not only the Ma family's elite soldiers on the opposite side, but also the imperial guards with the best firearms and equipment in the Ming Dynasty!
The show of force became a laughing stock, and everyone lost face. After deliberation for two hours, they had no good idea. They just let it go for the time being. In the end, they only said that the city wall of Ningxia is indestructible anyway, and it is definitely not comparable to Lingzhou. When the time comes, everyone Just stick to Ningxia and "wait for the world to change" - he still believes that brother Huo Luochi can come over and join him, and he also believes that Burihatu can encourage Tumen to send troops to Tumote.
However, they planned to be ostriches, but Ma Chengzhao refused to play like this. That night, the elite archers of the Majia army shot in from outside the city with hundreds of messages.
These identical slogans first boasted about the battle of Hurihuliang, and then began to alienate the enemy.
This stratagem was surprisingly simple. The main idea was that Gao Pingshi said that the court had found out the cause of the Ningxia incident. According to the confession of former Ningxia governor Liang Wenmeng, the incident was all caused by Kuaibai's father and son being ungrateful and repaying kindness with hatred. The rest of the generals were either deceived or coerced by him, and they did not really intend to rebel.
Therefore, Gao Shutai showed great mercy and said that the Ningxia rebels still had a chance to reform. As long as they drew a clear line with Kuaibai and rebelled against the party and announced that they would abandon the dark side and join the bright side, Gao Shutai would forget all the blame!
In the city of Ningxia, an undercurrent suddenly surged because of this mere statement.
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