A group of nobles stood in front of a table covered with a nine-sided map.
The old Duke Zhang Fu stared at the map for a long time without saying anything.
Zhu Shou on the side said: "Old Duke, Mongolia has suffered heavy losses today. If they don't take action in two or three days, they are planning to withdraw their troops. We have different opinions on this and want your support."
A group of nobles, represented by Cheng Guogong Zhu Shou and Taining Marquis Chen Ying, believed that they should wait and see what happens and send scouts to follow. If the large Mongolian army really made a move to cross the Great Wall, Datong's troops and horses could be mobilized urgently. However, a group of military generals represented by the guard general Guo Deng believed that as long as the Mongols retreated, they would immediately attack and fight the Mongolian army under the walls of Datong City.
And the opinions of both parties have their own considerations.
After Zhang Fu pondered for a moment or two, he looked at Zhu Shou and said, "If our army goes to battle, there is a slight chance of victory."
"Our army has just suffered a major defeat and should have less than a 40% chance of winning." Zhu Shou replied.
Soldiers need to be strict and restrained in their actions. Even if there is a 50% or 60% chance of winning, it can only be said to be a 40% or 50% chance of winning. Zhu Shou said this, which proves that in his thinking, facing the Mongolian army under Datong City is actually The chance of winning is less than 50%, and if the army and horses act, if the chance of winning is less than 50%, it means losing. The current Ming army has not yet reached a dangerous situation where it needs to be put to death to survive.
Even Guo Deng couldn't say anything to refute Zhu Shou's inference.
Of course, he knew that an all-out attack might lead to the defeat of the Ming army and the collapse of the Ming army's layout outside the pass. But now that he had the strength and ambition to invade the capital, in his opinion, even taking some risks , they should give it a try.
"But, if we really dare to attack the capital first, we will be guilty of a big crime." Guo Deng still said the same thing.
If the capital is not threatened, who can shoulder this responsibility?
Zhang Fu added: "If the Mongolian army attacks the capital, what are our chances of winning if we send troops to relieve the siege."
"70% chance of winning." Chen Ying said, "General Yang has 40,000 frontier infantry and 20,000 cavalry, plus Datong's 170,000 troops and horses. When we gather together, we can form an encirclement. The defenders of the capital are attacking from inside and outside, and there is a greater possibility of annihilating the Mongolian army. If it is completely annihilated, Mongolia will not pose any threat to us in the twenty years of the Ming Dynasty." ŴŴŴ.BIQUGE.biz
Zhang Fu sighed softly: "I know Yu Qian. This man is brave and decisive. With him in the capital, we can give it a try, but we can't do nothing. Marquis Taining, gather all the cavalry in the city. When the Mongols retreated, they went out of the city to harass them, slowing down their march, and remembering not to be reluctant to fight. They also rushed to pass on the Mongols' plan to invade the capital to Yu Qian for eight hundred miles, and asked him to make arrangements in advance. "
Only the British Duke Zhang Fu could shoulder this responsibility.
After hearing Zhang Fu's arrangement, Guo Deng and others could not say anything more. Because of Zhang Fu's high prestige in the army and his willingness to take risks and responsibilities, even if they wanted to say anything, they would be unable to do so. A situation where words can be said.
Two days later, the Mongolian army gathered its troops and surrounded Datong City again.
Just when the generals thought that the Mongolian army was going to fight to the death in Datong, the Mongolian army did not launch an attack and retreated again.
This made all the generals understand that their guess was correct.
Let’s really change our goals first.
Now this abnormal military action is just to paralyze the generals of Datong.
But everyone is a person who often fights wars, and everyone knows that any abnormal behavior is to pave the way for other purposes.
This time, the Mongolian army retreated to sixty miles away before setting up camp.
I want to gradually distance myself from Datong City.
After the scouts sent the message, Zhang Fu immediately ordered Marquis Taining to lead his army to attack the Mongolian camp at night.
Marquis Taining, who had been prepared for a long time, took the lead and led 30,000 elite Ming army cavalry out of Datong City, heading towards the Mongolian camp sixty miles away.
The Mongolian camp stretched for dozens of miles. The soldiers on alert heard the movement of the cavalry and immediately blew the horns.
But there was no chaos in the Mongolian army camp, as if they knew the Ming army's night attack plan.
The armored Mongolian soldiers mounted their horses one after another, rushed out of the camp, and under the cover of night, rushed towards the direction of Hou Taining's attack.
The Mongolian army rode their tall horses and bent their bows to shoot arrows, aiming at the Ming army's cavalry with one arrow after another.
When the arrows arrived, Taining Hou Chen Ying was slightly confused. Could it be that he had already predicted that the Ming army would attack them tonight.
But now that the charge has begun, we cannot retreat rashly, otherwise it will be another big defeat.
Hundreds of Ming army elites were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.
Getting closer and closer, the Mongolian cavalry could only put away their crossbows and draw their scimitars.
The two armies collided a few miles outside the Mongolian camp.
Upon contact, hundreds of people fell off their horses.
There was a cry of killing.
Chen Ying held a spear in his hand and picked and killed a Mongolian, thinking something was wrong in his heart.
"Could it be..."
In order to confirm his suspicion, Chen Ying ordered the attack to continue.
At this time, there were only a thousand Mongolian cavalry who came to fight. Within a moment, they were all killed by the Ming army. Only a few dozen cavalry on the edge escaped.
Chen Ying took the lead and rushed into the Mongolian camp. It turned out to be an empty camp.
Ye Xian, Ye Xian withdrew early.
Chen Ying was panicked and ordered the camp to be burned down.
Then he looked in the direction of Datong City and said to the soldiers beside him: "Hurry back to the city and report to Duke Zhang. He has already evacuated. I will rush to Xuan Mansion to join General Yang."
The soldiers were ordered to leave.
Chen Ying did not take away all the cavalry. He knew that he had to leave mobile troops for Zhang Guogong. He only took away 10,000 cavalry and headed towards Xuanfu in the night.
Soldiers are so valuable and so fast that they can no longer rest and recuperate.
Ye Xian's military methods were indeed brilliant, and the thousands of Mongolian cavalry he left behind were not left to die.
If he were an ordinary general and led a team to attack the camp, but was intercepted by the Mongolian army a few miles away, he would definitely be in chaos. He was afraid of being entangled by the main force of the Mongolian army, so he chose to retreat.
The combat effectiveness of the retreating cavalry plummeted, and they could only become a living target for the Mongolian soldiers. At that time, the 30,000 Ming troops were chased by Ye Xian's 1,000 Mongolian cavalry for 60 miles, and fled back to Datong with heavy losses. For Ye Xian, Another victory.
After Zhang Fu and others thought about it for a long time, they did not expect to use this trick to escape first and lost all the tents. However, it was similar to the overlord of Western Chu's desperate attempt to escape.
The news reached Datong.
The nobles were also extremely panicked. Zhang Fu suppressed the uneasiness of the nobles and then made arrangements. He left the prince-in-law Jingyuan and the guard Guo Deng in Datong City to guard the city, and also left 50,000 soldiers. He and Chengguo Duke Zhu Shou and their nobles will lead an army of 90,000 people and set off tomorrow morning to rush to Xuanfu.
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