These Jianlu people still want to run away? no way!
Emperor Chongzhen is actually in control of the current situation.
Although the cavalry troops sent from the important border towns raided the camps of the Mongolian Urad and Chahar tribes, and although they took away all the horses and so on, there was no guarantee that no fish would slip through the net. In this way, these fish that slipped through the net will definitely rush to report to Guihua City.
Knowing that his lair is being taken away, no matter who it is, he definitely has no intention of fighting and will definitely rush back. Even if the person reporting the news would be late, Emperor Chongzhen would just stand still as he could afford to wait anyway.
In addition, Emperor Chongzhen also made the assumption that those Mongolian tribes were just so unlucky that they did not slip through the net and failed to report the news. That didn't matter. He also prepared his next move.
The cavalry troops leaving the customs could have directly transported cattle, sheep and supplies back to the customs. But Emperor Chongzhen did not let them do this. Instead, after arriving at the border, they went directly to the grassland and brought the beef and mutton to the army with great fanfare. Anyway, the weather was cold enough now, and they were not afraid that the beef and mutton would spoil quickly. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could eat more meat. It's not like fighting with a little effort, and by the way, it doesn't need too much food and material support from the customs.
The most important thing is to let Jianlu Tanma see it, report the situation, and let the Mongolian tribes know that their lair has been taken away by the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, as expected, the troops of the Urad tribe and the Chahar tribe on the other side of Guihua City all rushed back to their home bases. On the other side of Guihua City, there were only more than 10,000 Jianlu troops left, and Their morale is not high, and they are stationed in Guihua City. Haha, they can cheat in the trap.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen immediately sent an order and convened a military meeting.
As a result, the general soldiers and supervisors from all walks of life immediately rushed to the Chinese army's tent. They knew that the emperor had always behaved leisurely, and when he suddenly convened a military meeting, he must have made a big move.
Sure enough, when Emperor Chongzhen saw all the generals gathered, he said seriously: "Over there in Guihua City, the Mongolian cavalry already knew that their lair had been captured, and they all rushed back to verify it. Most of the tens of thousands of captives also knew In the Liaodong War, they Jianlu suffered a huge defeat and had little morale. They were unwilling to stay in Hetao. They were also preparing to flee back to Liaodong. I think the time is ripe for a decisive battle with Jianlu."
Upon hearing this, all the generals and supervisors couldn't help but be overjoyed. They were already a little numb to this unexpected joy, and to the fact that Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have done nothing, but actually created conditions for victory for them.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers eat beef and mutton every day. They use all their strength. They have long wanted to beat their mothers!" He Renlong laughed and responded.
I think back then, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army had problems with food and clothing, and even rebelled because they were about to starve to death. But later on, I finally had food to eat; but now, I can actually eat large pieces of meat and take care of it. Such treatment is really not something that even those gentlemen can afford, right?
Not only ordinary soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were happy to eat meat every meal, but even the director of the three major battalions like He Renlong was able to eat beef and mutton every meal. He was so happy that he couldn't hide it no matter what.
Wu Zhong, the commander of the Jinyiwei standing nearby, heard this and shouted loudly: "You are not allowed to use foul language in front of His Majesty!"
When the other generals who happily wanted to follow up heard this, they suddenly shuddered secretly, as if they were indeed overjoyed, and this was in front of the emperor.
He Renlong also quickly corrected his attitude and immediately apologized: "I have lost my mind for a moment, your majesty, please punish me!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately shouted coldly: "Okay, I order you to lead the army to Guihua City before noon tomorrow and block the Jianlu in the city. If any Jianlu escapes, come and see them!"
"..." When He Renlong heard this, he immediately felt a little stupid. He thought that the emperor was usually kind to him, and at most he would just say a few words to him, but it would be fine if he didn't do it next time. He didn't expect that he would give such a decree.
He didn't dare to neglect thinking about it. Now he knew that the emperor was still the emperor, but he didn't have a playful face. Now that he had made a decree, whether it could be fulfilled or not was a matter of his own head. It was no joke. So, he immediately responded: "The general will obey the order!"
Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and said solemnly: "You can choose good war horses, three riders per person, and enough firearms. You can take away whatever you want. I am satisfied. I only have one request, and Jianlu must be blocked." In the city, do you understand?"
Hearing this, He Renlong suddenly felt relieved. If this was the case, then this task would not be difficult. So, he immediately agreed and immediately went out of the tent to prepare.
In fact, for this task, even if He Renlong didn't curse, Emperor Chongzhen would eventually let him go first. Because He Renlong's troops are light cavalry in the hussar camp, and their mobility is the strongest. In addition, the horses captured from various Mongolian tribes can be exchanged, and it is not too difficult to get to Guihua City. At this distance, Emperor Chongzhen had already settled.
After He Renlong left, Emperor Chongzhen ordered General Hu Dawei again. He led the only heavy cavalry in the hussar camp and some light cavalry. He was also allowed to select horses and equip one person with two horses, and then immediately rushed to Guihua City to support He Renlong who arrived first.
After hearing this, Hu Dawei immediately accepted the order and, together with his supervisors, immediately left the tent to prepare.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the remaining chariot camps and infantry troops, as well as the cavalry troops escorting cattle and mutton from various towns, and said solemnly: "The rest of the troops are also equipped with horses, and they are traveling day and night to Guihua City to build the city." The captives were destroyed in Guihua City."
"The general obeys the order!" When the generals in the central army tent heard this, they all clasped their fists in unison, and the atmosphere of an approaching war suddenly filled the Ming army.
This battle cannot be fought like this if the allied forces of Jianlu and Mongolia are not divided; this battle cannot be fought like this if enough horses are not snatched from the Mongolian tribes to carry them; this battle cannot be fought like this if Without the cavalry troops gathered from various border towns to assume the responsibility of cavalry escort after the hussars battalion left, there would definitely be opposition, resulting in different opinions on this battle.
However, under Emperor Chongzhen's interlocking planning, everything was moving in the direction that was most beneficial to the Ming army. At the end of the day, I have to sigh again. It is so important to know yourself and your enemy. This eavesdropping system is so delicious!
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On the grassland, because there is a battlefield shield that the Ming army does not close at night, basically it is impossible for there to be a large number of rebels and probing horses around the Ming army. However, equally, the existence of individual Tanma cannot be avoided.
No, within sight of the Ming army's probing horses, in a depression on the grassland, there were hiding two cavalry probing horses. Both men and horses were lying down. One of them was resting and was responsible for taking care of the war horses, while the other was lying down. From a high place, he was responsible for looking at the Ming army camp in the distance.
"Baezi, do you think Prince Rui's army guarding Tashan will be wiped out?" The resting man whispered with obvious worry.
Byazi, the Jianlu who was looking at him, did not look back when he heard the voice. He just replied in the same soft voice: "It stands to reason that Prince Rui is more powerful than Prince Zheng, and our Qing army is more powerful." There are tens of thousands of them, so it shouldn’t be possible for the whole army to be wiped out, right? But..."
"But what?" The voice became a little nervous.
Hearing the tone, Byazi finally turned around, looked at his accomplices, sighed and said: "I know you are worried about your brother, but from the looks of it, even though Prince Zheng didn't give a clear answer, maybe it's true! "
After he finished speaking, seeing that his accomplice was silent, he tried to persuade him again: "It's possible that I guessed wrong. But it's useless for you to worry. Now that we are in Hetao, what happened in Liaodong has already happened, and we can do it well. Even if this Ming army is destroyed, the Ming Emperor is here, so this can be regarded as revenge."
"No, Baieqi, I'm afraid this battle won't be won." The Jianlu shook his head while resting and said, "How can we fight if the morale of the army is shaky? So much beef and mutton are shipped here, and they all come from horses and camels. There must be something wrong with the Mongolian camps. The brothers who went back to report the news must have reported the news by now. I think if the Mongols leave, this war will be impossible to fight!"
"I don't know!" Baiezi seemed a little unsure when he said this. "We can go back tomorrow morning and see how the situation is in Guihua City?"
At this point, he paused and then said to his accomplice: "If you ask me, don't think about things in Liaodong. You can't do anything well like this. Listen to Prince Zheng in everything, whether it's a fight or not. Let’s go and do the things in front of you carefully. To tell you the truth, my younger brother is also in the Tashan garrison. You see, I didn’t even think about it, so just do the things before you!”
"Come on, you have such a big and thick mouth, you think I don't know!" When Baiazi's accomplice heard this, he seemed to be a little more emotional. He looked up at Baiazi and said, "I heard that you The belly of your baggage has grown so big that your wound almost chopped off your lifeblood with a knife, so the baggage is dead, right?"
"That yellow-faced woman, I will kill her when all her parents are dead." Upon hearing this, Byazi immediately said angrily, then turned back and continued to look at, "That brother-in-law died well, I..."
His words suddenly stopped, and immediately after that, he said with a little nervousness: "Come and see, there seems to be some movement in the Ming Army camp!"
When the accomplice heard this, he immediately used his hands and feet to crawl to his side and lay down to look at the past.
I saw people shouting horses neighing at the Ming army camp. It was indeed very noisy, and there were people and horses faintly moving around.
After looking at it for a while, he said with a bit of hatred: "Could it be that they are roasting beef and mutton again?"
Several times, the aroma of beef and mutton being roasted on a large scale over there even reached them, causing them to stare at the cornbread in their hands and curse the Ming army so many times.
"No, this is definitely not the case." Byazi said seriously without joking, "I just don't know if this is the Ming army moving out at night or something else?"
The Ming army stayed up all night, shielding a large area. Sometimes there were more men and horses, sometimes less. Therefore, it was a bit difficult to estimate the number of soldiers and horses.
"Whatever, there's no need to guess. We'll find out when they leave the camp anyway." After hearing this, his accomplice said a little indifferently, "Anyway, if there is a situation, we will immediately go back in front of them and report the military situation."
When Byazi heard this, he thought it made sense. After all, there was one man and two horses here, and if the Ming army was to send out a large army, it would never be able to go fast. They had plenty of time to rush back in advance to report the news.
Thinking like this, they both lay down and watched, trying to confirm the movements of the Ming army.
As a result, what the two of them never expected was that as soon as the gate of the Ming army's camp opened, the Ming army's cavalry rushed out from inside. They were still equipped with one person and three horses, sprinting at the fastest horse speed. run.
At this time, both of them were a little dumbfounded. What is going on?
The banner of the Hussars Battalion is that of the madman He Ren Long He. An estimated five thousand people?
After reading this, the two Jianlu soldiers from Baieqi became anxious. The Ming army of five thousand hussars battalion was heading towards Guihua City.
"No, go back and report the news!" Byazi was the first to come to his senses, shouted, and immediately jumped up from the grass, rushed to where his mount was, quickly pulled it up, got on his horse, and was about to gallop back. .
However, the speed of the Ming army far exceeded their expectations. He Renlong had received a strict order and must block Jianlu in Guihua City before he could escape. For his own head, he was also desperately leading the way. His subordinates were themselves light cavalry in the hussar camp, and were equipped with one man and three cavalry. At this speed, although there were many of them, they were not slow at all, and they ran very fast.
Everyone knows that there will be things happening along the way. Therefore, if He Renlong wants to block Jianlu in Guihua City, he must run past Jianlu's detection horse and rush to Guihua City before Jianlu's detection horse returns and Jianlu inside Guihua City reacts.
As a result, the Jianlu Tanma along the way were just like Baiezhi and the other two. After being dumbfounded, they reacted and had to compete with He Renlong's men on horseback.
They were frightened by the momentum of He Renlong's troops, and they all hurried back to report the news. The few remaining Jianlu Tanma were shocked again.
Less than an hour after He Renlong's troops set off, Hu Dawei's troops, one man and two cavalrymen, and more than 5,000 hussar battalion soldiers, galloped out of the camp and galloped towards Guihua City. go.
At the same time, the Ming army barracks surrounded by carriage camps also began to be dismantled. The independent side carriages and the like were broken down and pulled by horses. The entire military camp was guarded by cavalry troops on all sides. Everyone got off, all on horseback or pulled by horses, and began to march quickly towards Guihua City.
This movement of the Ming army was really a bit immobile. As soon as it moved, it rushed towards Guihua City with overwhelming force, launching the decisive battle that Jierhalang and others had been looking forward to.
