Supporting the body in the white blade, wandering in the red dust

Chapter 726 Hetao
The Mongols of these years are said to be strong or strong, weak or weak, strong or strong. After the Yuan Dynasty, they had hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry—of course, it was a virtual finger. There are still tens of thousands of cavalry equipped with iron armor under Altan Khan. , Weak is weak in terms of their economic ability and organizational ability, and they can no longer launch attacks by maneuvering thousands of miles as they did during the Genghis Khan period.Bailang commanded [-] troops from Datong to go out for spring hunting, which is to challenge the mobility of the Mongols.

When the climate is getting colder, it is not easy to feed tens of thousands of war horses in one place.In particular, the Mongols relied on grazing instead of planting grass and corn to feed their war horses - such things as corn are not common in the Han area today, and Hebei has just begun to introduce them.It is not an easy task to quickly gather the scattered army. There are commerce and trade in Bansheng City, and a lot of food can be purchased, so it is relatively easy to maintain a standing iron cavalry.

Now that Altan has run hundreds of miles away, it will not be easy to obtain food and grass to maintain the standing army. He must reduce the number of guards around him.

Bailang ordered the army, and then let the masters put on a horse-drawn carriage to carry food and grass, and began to go deep into the desert.It’s been a long time since the Ming army took the initiative to go out of the customs like this. The last time was in the time of the waste Yingzong. After leaving the customs, he fought a big defeat and was chased into the Great Wall to annihilate.Bailang led the army out of the customs. In addition to his own momentum, even the generals who followed him many times out of the customs to fight the grassy valley were uneasy, lest they would suddenly kill tens of thousands of Mongolian iron cavalry and cut them into several sections.

So they tried their best to release Yebuhou from Yuanban to get information, but Bailang, the governor of Datong, didn't care at all, and he marched leisurely on horses every day.It is true that I rarely meet Mongolians along the way. The night ahead has met Mongolians, but they have retreated since they approached and saw the white wave flag once.After that, I monitored from a distance at most, and it was never attacked again.

It's just that I didn't encounter Mongolian tribes on the road, but I found a lot of traces of Mongolian camping, which is still very fresh. "The walls are strong and the wilderness is clear. The Mongolians are quite skilled at playing this game." Bailang said, but he was not worried at all. Many people in Datong hope that he will die on the grassland as soon as possible, and many people are praying to God and praying to Buddha, hoping that Bailang will come back soon because Datong is empty. Ah, it doesn't matter if Bailang dies, don't send those thousands of soldiers and horses away.

Even the center of the imperial court was noisy, and some people directly scolded the governor of Datong for his arrogant border provocation, especially when he took the initiative to go on an expedition, do you really think that he is a master of the temple?Some people say that King Shunyi is not very honest, and he still needs to beat him, but it is enough to go out and parade for three or five days, and it is unwise to go deep into the desert.The one who said before that he wanted to recover the Hetao has been killed by Emperor Jiajing, and Xia Ge is considered unlucky.

From the emperor to the cabinet, no one wants to re-set, which can be called a collective crotch.Ambition has come to the emperor and the cabinet of this generation, and it is completely finished - Bai Lang felt that this group of people really had nothing to say, and they were even inferior to the barbarian Tartars that followed.

It is true that Bailang has not yet wanted to return to the set-this will wait until he becomes the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi among the nine-sided governors, but now he can try to overstep his authority. What will happen if he enters the Hetao?He is not going to cross the Yellow River, but is going to go straight to Dongshengwei, which is not too far away. He came here a long, long time ago, when this place was called Jiuyuan.Crossing Bansheng City and heading straight for Jiuyuan, it may even sweep the entire front cover or even the entire area of ​​the surrendered city.

The Bailang governor marched forward. As the distance from Datong became farther and farther, the number of Mongolians began to increase gradually. It seems that Altan, who received the news, gathered the army and was ready to gradually encircle it. "Dongshengwei is in front." Bailang said, "This is the old nest of [-] households on the right wing, rush over." He was already in front of the big river, and turning along the Hebei, Altan's army of [-] appeared in front.

Bailang's camp has always been to let his subordinates let go of their actions-I think they are from a family of generals, and the generals of Jiubian should at least be able to camp, Bailang is too lazy to throw them all.Now, when the Ming army was closed at night and it was reported that the Altan camp was ahead, the generals of the Ming army also seemed to be whipped by a red-hot iron whip, desperately urging the master and the soldiers to build the camp - but no one went. Those who persuaded Bailang to withdraw, knew that it was useless and that it was a bit late to withdraw before the enemy.

What else can be done, after all, it is not the Chongzhen period in the late Ming Dynasty. When encountering an enemy army, they would run away directly. This kind of thing directly caused the collapse of the entire army was very common in the late Ming Dynasty.This year, if you really want to run away from the enemy, you must be beheading and passing on nine sides.What's more, their main general is a peerless fierce general, and he must have some skills.The camp can only be done in a hurry, surrounded by transport carts, and it is good to put horses outside.

After all, this is only an army of 4000 people, and there are only 6000 people including the master.The generals came to the main tent and listened to Bailang's military meeting.Bailang was not impatient at all, he just allocated the troops of the generals, and he only brought 300 people to the center. "Tomorrow, at five o'clock, we will make dinner, and I will attack the camp with a certain one. A certain one will be the vanguard, and after that, we will destroy the King of Shunyi in one wave, and let him really go to the capital to have an audience with the emperor and become the King of Shunyi!"

This tactic is extremely simple, and after thinking about it for a long time, the generals have nothing to oppose or supplement—not to mention that this tactical deployment of troops is a matter of civilian officials, although they were only responsible for logistics and military affairs at the beginning. That's all, it's precisely the number of troops, either offensive or defensive.In terms of defense, with this kind of camp and [-] troops, I'm afraid it really can't stand the repeated assaults of [-] Mongolian cavalry.

In particular, there is also one of the biggest spoils of war - Datong Governor Bailang. If you can annihilate the Datong Army and kill Bailang, then the Datong line of defense is not a matter of taking it or taking it.Then just try to attack, maybe as Bailang said, one blow will defeat Alta's own troops, capture Alta and send it to the court?Anyway, just when the whole army was worried, night came.

The generals patrolled the camp, lest there would be a roar under tension, and worried that Altan would attack at night.Bai Lang didn't care at all, he just sat in the big tent, leaning on the soft cushion and sleeping soundly.I answer that there is really no night attack - this guy is also worried that Bailang will directly attack his army regardless of whether it is a night. If a few elites are led by innate masters to raid at night, it is indeed very difficult to handle. "Hemp stalks are afraid of fighting wolves." Bai Lang muttered with his eyes closed.

At the fifth watch, the meal was ready, and the white waves were lightly robed to eat and drink. , lined up and walked towards the Altan camp.

(End of this chapter)