Chapter 139: The Courage of King Yan
He Xi couldn't understand for a while. Why did Timur do this. But that's not important.
The important thing is to respond immediately.
He Xi immediately said: "Wu Hou, what do you think we should do?"
Wu Gao pondered for a moment, shook his head slowly and said, "Do nothing?"
He Xi was stunned and said, "Why?"
Wu Gao said: "The military situation is changing rapidly, and the truth and the false are the truth. We must pay special attention to how this matter is known to be true, even if this thing is true. There may not be other ideas behind this. Sir. Touyin Timur He is a veteran who has been fighting in the battle for more than 40 years. He has never seen anything like this before. He must guard against such tactics as the carbine and the dragging knife, especially when the opponent is a Mongolian cavalry."
He Xi nodded secretly in her heart. He secretly thought: "It makes sense." Then He Xi said: "I will go back to Shenyang right now, and I will leave this place to you. When the war is over, I will ask for credit for you."
There shouldn't be too many examples of the Mongols pretending to retreat and then killing a single enemy.
He Xi has heard of it.
Decided to support Wu Gao's decision.
Of course. This is also the reason why the conflict between He Xi and Wu Gao disappeared because the Tatars retreated.
He Xi has never paid much attention to Kaiyuan Tieling. This kind of lack of attention is not a lack of military attention, but a lack of attention in industry. As the second line of defense in Liaodong. The environment does not allow it.
What He Xi attaches most importance to is that the industrial development of Liaodong will not be disrupted by the war. As for the rest, I don't care so much.
He Xi almost forced Wu Gao to fight before, but now he always wanted to give Wu Gao some face. Will we continue to cooperate in the future?
Wu Gao said: "Thank you, sir."
It seems that the two have never had the same conflict before.
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He Xi has He Xi's thoughts, and Wu Gao has Wu Gao's thoughts. And King Yan has King Yan’s thoughts.
If the enemy withdraws, King Yan will be in danger.
King Yan had to avoid Zhenbeiguan City.
Zhenbeiguan is in the northeast of Kaiyuan. It is not the first place to bear the brunt of this war.
The three thousand soldiers who were guarding here have lost contact with them. King Yan retreated here with his troops. With the help of the city wall of Zhenbeiguan. Just managed to survive.
However, the Tatars had no intention of attacking the city.
Only thousands of cavalry were left to monitor, while the rest of the army retreated to the grassland along the road they came from.
King Yan obtained information from various places. I thought to myself, "I was ordered to conduct the Northern Expedition, but before I could use my troops, I was caught off guard by the Tatars. If I do nothing today, how will I explain it to my father and my eldest brother, the prince?"
King Yan knew very well that his position was actually controversial.
If he had a good start, that would be fine.
But the situation is like this. He must be criticized. Naturally, many of his ideas could not be completed. How could the arrogant King Yan be reconciled to this?
King Yan thought about it and thought to himself: "Fuck him."
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Tamerlane did not relax his vigilance and issued various orders while retreating. Including, destroying farmland, destroying bridges, burning houses, etc. In short, although not attacking those castles. Because the Ming Dynasty had powerful firearms, attacking these castles would simply not be worth the gain.
But to destroy all these, it can only slow down the enemy's attack.
To be able to extend the life of Yuan Ting for one or two years would be the limit of Tamerlane.
But no matter what, the attack and retreat of nearly 100,000 Mongolian cavalry are big projects, not to mention that they got a lot of trophies this time, such as iron. Although He Xi didn't pay much attention to Kaiyuan Tieling, he still had to provide some basic things. Such as water turbine.
These Mongolians had no idea what a turbine was for. But you know, this thing is iron. And it's good iron. Of course I have to take it away.
There are many more such situations.
Although this place is full of military households, almost everyone lives in the city. Very few were caught. But there are many houses outside the city. In this house, some daily necessities cannot be taken away at the moment, such as pots and pans. For example, salt, etc.
This is wealth for the Tatars.
Naturally, there are big and small bags.
Even for the spoils of war, many Mongolian cavalry would engage in internal strife.
This caused Tuyin Timur to have to arbitrate. Anyway, there were a lot of troubles.
As a result, the originally scattered Mongolian cavalry gathered together. In addition to the cavalry from various units on guard, a mighty marching team was formed that lasted for more than ten miles. When we set up camp every night, looking down from the sky, we can see obvious traces of the campfire.
And today, it was a few miles outside the dark traces of the campfire. King Yan is hiding in the darkness.
After King Yan made up his mind, he recruited the cavalry from Zhenbeiguan, totaling 3,000 cavalry.
Because of their understanding of the local geography, King Yan and others traveled day and night and hid in a swamp on the only way for the Tatars to return.
After all, the Tatars have not come to Liaodong for many years. Those who know the geography of Liaodong are either no longer here, or have followed Naha on his mission. Swamps and wetlands were a very common terrain in the Northeast in this era. The Tatar cavalry wouldn't do much searching if they found out.
But they don't know.
The topography is constantly changing, albeit slowly. But it is still ongoing. Just like this swampland, it is actually transforming into land. There is a large area in the middle of the swamp that has turned into solid land. Moreover, there are small roads that can lead to and from it.
So King Yan hid here in advance.
This may seem simple, but it's not simple at all.
First of all, lurking in the swamp is inherently painful. Although it is said that it is in the middle of the swamp, it is already on the ground and can be settled. But the problem is, there are a lot of insects in the swamp. Such as mosquitoes.
If you don't light a fire for several days and hide in it, the mosquitoes can eat you.
Not to mention, the eyes on the ground are easy to handle. In the swamps, there are mostly tall reeds growing, which are natural green gauze tents. If you don't go in, you won't be able to tell the clues.
Eyes in the sky are less easy to deal with.
The eyes in the sky are Hai Dongqing.
This kind of bird can fly high in the sky and has a wide field of vision, so it can be seen naturally. Fortunately, birds are birds after all, not humans.
The intelligence of birds is limited.
Under the guidance of people, it is true that large numbers of people can be seen coming and going. But that's all. King Yan learned to disguise himself without any teacher. No need for anything else. Just a lot of reeds to cover the people and horses. Hai Dongqing could tell the difference. But his intelligence is limited and cannot be conveyed to humans. Such a complicated situation.
Even if he found out. It's almost the same as not being discovered.
In this way, King Yan finally waited for his opportunity.
In the middle of the night, King Yan gave an order, and the Ming army had been waiting for a long time. One by one, they led the horses on the path in the swamp and walked step by step to the flat ground outside. Looking at the camp that is tens of miles away not far away.
King Yan's eyes burst into light.
As mentioned earlier, the Yuan Dynasty has now degenerated from the Central Plains Dynasty into a nomadic dynasty.
This degradation is comprehensive.
Not only culturally, politically structurally, economically, but also militarily.
The original Yuan army was not much different from the Han army in setting up camps. Even many of the military principles of the Ming army were inherited from the Yuan army. After all, many of the rebels did not know how to fight. Just like today's Ming cavalry, they are almost replicas of Mongolian cavalry. At most, it's just more use of firearms.
But the current Mongolian cavalry is completely different from what it was back then.
Without a large army of servants, they were too lazy to build strong camps. Their current camp is actually almost the same as the nomadic migration camps on the grassland. This is also inevitable. Today, most of the Yuan army are conscripted herdsmen.
Even though Timur knew the importance of building camps. But building a strong camp, for the Han people, is carpentry work for every household. No need to teach everyone. But for herders, it's different.
The cost of education is too high.
Even if Tamerlane knew how to do it well, he wouldn't be able to do it.
Not to mention.
Wu Gao's passive policy, in the view of Tuoin Timur, the enemy troops were still hundreds of miles away. There is no need to be too nervous.
"Quanqin is in trouble. Two updates today. I'm reflecting on it. I owe three more chapters, which I'll make up for."
