Ever since the smoke was ignited in Huamachi, Yang Shangyi from Ningxia Town organized his army and set off. In that battle three years ago, he actually lost face.
The pursuit of Huo Si failed, but Zhou Shangwen became famous in one battle.
To this day, the emperor's attitude towards the two of them is still affected by that battle.
They are all warriors, and he even has the support of the old Uncle Wei Ning and Wang Yue. Now it happens that the emperor is employing people, so whether it is for fame or profit, he will do his best in this battle.
The dry wind from the northwest caused two cracks on his lips. As soon as he left Ningxia City and away from the few oases, his eyes were filled with yellow sand.
The army leaves the city, which is actually more dangerous when the Tatars invade.
Therefore, he did not walk very fast. The army gradually moved forward among the castles scattered across the yellow sand of the plateau. On the ground, one or a few bare trees could occasionally be seen. The sun is scorching in the sky, not to mention people, even horses will huff and puff after walking a few more steps.
A few days later, he received an order from the Governor-General's Palace. The Ming army took Qiu Yue as the vanguard and ordered him to move to Lingzhou to get closer to the Tatars.
Yang Shangyi had also heard of Qiu Yue, but he was just a guerrilla general, and his three thousand men could actually be a forward. He didn't know what the governor's office was thinking about.
But military orders are like mountains and must be obeyed.
In fact, the original military garrison was indeed in ruins. If they wanted to regain their combat effectiveness, they could only switch to a recruitment system. This was almost the only way for every dynasty to go from prosperity to decline.
Fortunately, the imperial court has allocated generous military pay in the past two years, and money has opened the way. In this place where survival is difficult, there are still many brave men joining the army.
This is how Qiu Yue came, and this is how the Ye Bu Shui people on the plateau also came.
Ye Bushou and Dunjun are always the first to face the Tatars.
In order to improve the defense capabilities of the border troops, the imperial court had actually been increasing the military pay and rations of these soldiers since Wang Yue took office as the trilateral commander-in-chief.
The so-called pier army refers to the soldiers who guard the piers and platforms. These piers and platforms are scattered on undulating hills and large and small slopes. Each one is small in scale, but the Ming army built them relatively densely. As long as there is an enemy situation, they will start to attack. Early warning.
Especially in Ningxia, piers and abutments have been built so that they are not far apart from each other.
Gan Yuan and his brothers were hiding on the lee side of this slope, because the Tatars had already crossed Huamachi City. According to their experience in fighting the enemy for so many years, the Tatars would also send out troops who were quick to move and fought bravely. An elite team 'unplugged' them.
For the Tatars, only in this way can the subsequent troops march smoothly.
At the same time, it can also hide its whereabouts, otherwise there are such small fortresses everywhere, and any information can be spied on.
The terrain of Ningxia has a hillside in the east and a hillside in the west. People are walking between the valleys, and there is no cover.
For Dun Jun and Ye Bu Shu, as long as they were discovered by Tatars on horseback, they would either be killed or shot to death. It is difficult to escape by running.
Of course this is the past.
In the past two years, the offense and defense have gradually changed. The General Military Mansion has brought them decent war horses, strong soldiers, and of course plenty of silver.
Now that the time has come to reach for the knife, it would be outrageous to back down.
It's getting late, and it's time for night activities.
Gan Yuan and his brothers stuffed the hard pancakes mixed with sand into their mouths and chewed them. After eating, they sucked their rough and hard fingers twice. Then they knelt down and said, "Tonight we will go to the Xingwu Institute. After passing the After Huamachi, even if the Tatars don't go to the Xingwu Station, they will send troops there. There is meat there!"
Before the war came, the scouts first came into contact and fought with each other.
After tying up their knives and leading their horses, the eight muscular men walked into the valley under the cover of darkness.
In summer time, there was no wind or rain. Gan Yuan led his brothers all the way to the northeast. Under the night, it looked like a few black spots moving between the mountains.
Empty places also have sounds of emptiness.
"Boss! I heard that the Ningxia soldiers came out, and this time the ministry is going to give the Tatars a hard blow!"
"The sky has changed. It is no longer the past. The small soldiers in the Yuquan Camp have now become guerrilla generals. The court is so cruel that it throws a lot of money at these people just to make the Tatars suffer!"
These sounds passed by Gan Yuan's ears, and he didn't say a word after hearing them.
But those eyes in the dark night held deep hatred.
Three years later, the Tatars are back.
For him, there is not only national hatred, but also family hatred to avenge. His younger brother was a soldier who died in the fighting last year.
At that time, the emperor seemed to pay more attention to pensions than before, but the money in exchange seemed ironic.
After marching all night, a few of them hid in a narrow gap in the mountain in the early morning of the next day. In addition to being able to fight, the most important skill for Ye Busuo was to be able to hide.
But when they were halfway into the water, someone noticed something was wrong.
"There is smoke!"
A big man pointed in the direction of Xingwu Institute.
Then several people came closer, and from the smoke that went straight upward, they could see a picture of a spear and a halberd thrust diagonally and a corpse lying on its side.
Gan Yuan said calmly: "Bring the horses in and muzzle them. We will set off after an hour's rest. Go to the Xingwu Institute."
While resting against the stone wall, he thought carefully about it. Generally speaking, Tatars would not easily attack the various military fortresses built by the Ming army. There was a Qianhusuo in Xingwu Suo.
The Tatar army should not have come here specially.
It is very likely that it is still a small group of troops.
This is how the two armies fight. It is not the tactics used by the large corps to cheer each other up. In fact, the Tatar soldiers have strong individual abilities and superb riding skills. They always have the advantage in such small-scale encounters, often dozens of them. The Ming army did not dare to pursue a small team of people easily.
But if Gan Yuan just wanted to live, he didn't have to come here to get this military salary.
Two hours later, eight people and eight horses reappeared on the bare hillside.
The Xingwu Institute was very close, and as they marched they could even see the piers set up here, and of course, there were corpses.
call out! !
A sharp sound of breaking through the air came from behind. The horse that sat down seemed to have combat experience, neighing and stepping forward to avoid it.
Gan Yuan turned around, and six shirtless men wearing brown armor, with fleshy faces, appeared in his sight.
"It's the Tatars!"
Gan Yuan still didn't speak, but his thick hands had already grasped the handle of the knife by his leg.
The sun was dazzling, and the yellow sand was splashed by the horses' hooves.
"Go and collect the reward!"
Don't say a word of nonsense, just hit him when you see him!
The hostile atmosphere between the Ming and Mongolian sides has penetrated into the bones of almost every soldier in the border areas. More than ten years of fighting have made the battle unnecessary for any nonsense.
In a way, it's like a silent film.
The reins were grasped in hand, the sword was raised, the military uniform was fluttering, and the charging process was simple and direct. Until the moment of the battle, it seemed that all hearing had been restored.
"kill!"
The battlefield movements are not elegant, just open and close, whatever you can cut is what you can!
"Come again! Kill them!!"
Gan Yuan finally roared!
"superior!!"
These Tatars also seemed very excited. Although their eyes were a little surprised, their past victories gave them sufficient confidence.
Gan Yuan caught the person in the middle, held the horse's belly up and executed a vertical chop!
Tatar raised his knife to block. He was very strong and wanted to jump away immediately to counterattack.
But he lifted it and found that he couldn't lift it. Then fear flashed across his face, and when he looked at Gan Yuan, he showed an arrogant grin.
"ah!!"
Gan Yuan pressed his arm down so hard that the Tatar couldn't move, and then in an instant he reversed the blade and pulled it horizontally!
Pillars of blood spurt out!
A human head with eyes still open floated in the air.
The companion beside Gan Yuan caught it with the tip of his knife, and with a flip of his wrist, the head fell onto the rough cloth on his chest.
"Boss! This is a beautiful cut!"
Gan Yuan ignored him, his fierce expression turned, and he stared at the others.
There was blood on the knife, so he picked it up, licked it, and said, "This is the Ming Dynasty! Come in on a horse with a weapon, and be prepared to have your head cut off!"
The remaining five Tatar soldiers probably felt something was wrong.
But in the name of a warrior, there is no coward here.
"kill!!"
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In the Tatar camp.
Huo Si is also discussing the military situation with his generals.
At a certain moment, the curtain was lifted, and a soldier knelt on one knee to deliver a military report.
He only took one look at this military report and started to frown.
When other people in the camp finished watching, the atmosphere was not lively.
"...This time, the Ming army is different from before."
This is the greatest feeling.
As an experienced general, Huo Si will know if there is any abnormality on the battlefield by just smelling it. Since leading his troops across the Great Wall, his troops have successively attacked Huamachi City, Xingwu Station, and various piers and forts.
Of course not with all the military strength, there was no need in the first place, his soldiers were not used to attack the city.
But this time is indeed different from before. Even three years ago, the Ming army did not dare to go out of the city to fight easily, let alone face a battle of this scale with dozens or hundreds of people.
This time it's all there.
"Did Hashtu lose at Xingwu Institute?!" Someone couldn't help but ask.
"Not defeated. Killed more than seventy Ming troops, and lost half of them. Hashtu brought a hundred people there. Six people were lost on the way back."
This record cannot be said to be a defeat. But one problem is obvious.
"We cannot make such an exchange with the Ming army. The Great Khan said that the current little emperor of the Ming Dynasty is determined to kill us. With the smoke in Huamachi, Ming troops from all over the country will definitely rush here to support us. .”
There is no need for the general to say this, Huo Si also knows it. However, as the commander, he clearly knows that his biggest threat is Yang Shangyi, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia. If we don't get rid of this cavalry unit, the more things they grab, the more burdensome they will become.
Huo Si turned around and asked: "Previously, you all said that the Ningxia soldiers were moving slowly because they were afraid of us. Now that man named Yang has stopped in Lingzhou. Is this really because he is afraid of us?"
"Perhaps he is waiting for support. In short, no matter whether he wants to come out or not, we have to force him to come out. If you can't grab it in Lingzhou, you can grab it in other places. If he just sits back and does nothing, the little emperor of Ming Dynasty will also deal with him in the future."
At this point, it seems that the only option is to force him, forty thousand versus ten thousand, and he will feel relieved after eating Ningxia's military fire.
So he waved his hand,
"Send Tuku to fight some good battles around the county seat of Lingzhou! If you ask him to come out, you will die, if you don't come out, you will die! Let's see what he does!"
The so-called fighting a few good battles means robbing people, livestock, money and food! The men were killed, the women were taken away, and those who couldn't be taken away were burned!
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Update early today, and there will be more tonight. I've been a bit idle these days, sorry.
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