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"This battle is not only for me, but also for the capital. They want to know the actual combat power of the chariot against the Tartar cavalry."

At this time, Yu Dayou changed the subject and suddenly brought up the capital.

"Ok?"

Liu Han looked over in surprise, a little confused, but soon realized the meaning of Yu Dayou's words.

In fact, Liu Han more or less knew about Yu Dayou's crime.

This guy was sent to prison because he offended Hu Zongxian, the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, who is now a holy family, and who is Hu Zongxian?
Of course Liu Han knew about it, and Hu Zongxian had a close relationship with Yan Song, the chief assistant of the dynasty, and he had heard it mentioned many times.

Yu Dayou's ability to serve as the commander-in-chief in the hands of Hu Zongxian is enough to show his commanding ability, but it's a pity to offend others.

But it is such a person who can escape unscathed after being thrown into prison by the Shangguan, which has to be impressive. There is someone behind Yu Dayou, and his ability is not small.

Yu Dayou was thrown into the Imperial Prison, which was in the capital, on the territory of Yan Ge Lao, and he could still come out of the Imperial Prison well, at least the people behind Yu Dayou were able to wrestle with Yan Song.

People in the officialdom naturally knew that if Yu Dayou was able to get out of the imperial prison, it must be because the people behind him had exchanged some kind of benefits with Mr. Yan Ge, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible for him to be released casually.

Now, Yu Dayou finally confessed in front of him that this battle had something to do with the capital, so should he listen to him?

Before that, Liu Han also inquired about some information, that is, Lu Bing used to take good care of him.

However, in Liu Han's view, Lu Bing was born in Anlu and followed the emperor into Beijing. How could he become friends with Yu Dayou? In all likelihood, the people behind Yu Dayou asked Lu Bing to take care of him.

But it's not good to say, who knows what's going on behind the scenes.

Now that Lu Bing is dead, if it is said that Yu Dayou is behind Lu Bing, it seems that he should do things with his tail between his legs.

But, just now, what did Yu Dayou say?
There are people in the capital who want to see the actual combat effect of this simple and shameless unicycle chariot, who wants to see it?
Thinking about it, Yu Dayou didn't know how to say it, so Liu Han could only keep it in his heart and never ask.

However, there is one thing that is firm in Liu Han's heart now, that is, there should be someone behind Yu Dayou, who can persuade Lu Bing to help take care of him, and can also sit down with Mr. Yan Ge to negotiate terms to get him out of prison. fish out.

Faced with such a person's request, Liu Han could not refuse.

In a beautiful misunderstanding, Liu Han gave in. He changed his position and chose to support Yu Dayou's decision.

Just kidding, who is Mr. Yan Ge?

Every solar term, I still send people to the capital to present ice and carbon tributes to the officials of the various yamen, and the old man of Yan Ge will never be left behind.

With such a big shot standing behind Yu Dayou, it's impossible to be soft.

Fortunately, I had this precaution back then, so I always treated Yu Dayou with courtesy.

"Since General Yu is so confident in this chariot, I don't have much to say. Don't worry about the left and right wings. I will let Ma Lu lead one team, and I will lead the other team myself. I will definitely protect your wings."

Ma Lu is a Mongol who came here for refuge. He is skilled in bow and horse, and is brave and good at fighting. He is Liu Han's number one thug. That's why he was selected to serve in Yu Dayou's army and participated in the attack on Bansheng City.

The purpose, one is that with Ma Lu participating, Liu Han is more relieved and hungry for the final victory, and the other is to give someone a chance to be promoted.

If you want people to take refuge willingly, you must give him sweetness.

As a general, promotion and fortune are the last word.

Ma Lu participated in this battle. After the battle, he asked for credit and promoted his position from general to deputy commander. It seems logical. Anyway, as a Mongolian who has defected, it is absolutely impossible to be the commander in chief, so Liu Han was not worried that Ma Lu would replace him at all.

After listening to Liu Han's words, Yu Dayou nodded slightly, as he recognized Liu Han's arrangement. After all, Yu Dayou knew that Ma Lu was really good at fighting because he had fought in his hands.

In Shen Shizhong, there was finally movement on the grassland east of Anyin Fort. Accompanied by the sound of rumbling horseshoes, the sky in the distance was covered with smoke and dust, and a group of cavalry was charging towards Anyin Fort.

At this time, Liu Han and Yu Dayou had already boarded the city wall again, looking at the Tartar army coming from a distance.

The prairie is a natural marching road. For the armies of the two warring parties, they can walk through it at will, unlike when they arrive in the pass, they need to advance along the road because of the existence of mountains and hills.

The chasing soldiers of the Anda Department were divided into two queues, one left and one right marching side by side, which looked like two small dots in the distance, and then gradually turned into two lines, arching towards Anyin Fort like caterpillars.

When the Tartars approached, they could tell from the service that one of the teams should be the elite cavalry of the Alta tribe, while the other team seemed to be the Bansheng soldiers composed of the White Lotus followers of Bansheng City.

In the distance, the Tartar army began to turn around, turning towards the southeast of Anyin Fort, and finally stopped at the south side of the east side of Anyin Fort, giving way to the passage between Anyin Fort and Shahu Fort.

Along the walls of Anyinbao, Liu Han and Yu Dayou also moved in this direction, watching a group of Tazi troops dismount and set up camp, while a cavalry group of thousands of people stood beside them.

"They don't intend to make a quick decision either."

Yu Dayou smiled.

"Without this city wall, it's hard to say whether the Tartars would attack the camp directly, thinking of defeating us first and then occupying the magpie's nest."

Liu Han also smiled and said, "But the Tartars are also very tricky. They actually gave up the escape route and wanted to defeat us. Let us continue to run south? Then they hacked and killed behind us."

Having said this, Liu Han couldn't help shaking his head.

It is naturally good for ordinary soldiers to release an escape route. They will not think too much if they are not in a high position. That seemingly way of survival is actually a deadly trap.

"Let someone go out and take a look around, otherwise the opposite side can sleep peacefully tonight, it will not be good for us."

At this time, Yu Dayou suddenly turned sideways and said to Liu Han.

"Go out for a walk?"

Just simply repeating these four words, Liu Han's still confused eyes lit up, and he understood what Yu Dayou meant.

In the past, when wars were approaching, he always arranged for his soldiers to rest and recharge their batteries, but it seemed that Yu Dayou had a good idea.

So without saying much, Liu Han told the ginseng general Ma Lu behind him: "Take three thousand cavalry to go out from the south gate, and go back to the north gate from the west to enter the city."

"A circle around?"

Ma Lu was a little confused and didn't understand the meaning of Liu Han's words.

"Just do it."

Liu Han just gave another order.

Immediately, after clasping his fists, Ma Lu turned around and went down the city wall, organizing a team to go.

This point of Ma Lu is the reason why Liu Han appreciates it. It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just follow the instructions.

"After running around like this, how many people will the Tartars reserve to watch the night tonight?"

When Ma Lu was no longer in sight, Liu Han turned around and asked Yu Dayou.

"Three, 4000 people. It is estimated that they will be divided into two shifts. In this way, 8000 people will not be able to take a good rest. The victory rate of tomorrow will be half a point higher."

Yu Dayou said after thinking about it.

Liu Han sent out 3000 people to show off their muscles. The Ministry of Defense must guard against the Ming army's sneak attack tonight, because the Ming army dared to come out of the city to wander around under their noses.

As for exposing their strength, it was no longer something the two of them considered at this time.

The Tartars were able to accurately pursue here, obviously their team has been discovered long ago and has been exposed.

The opponent should know how many cavalry and infantry there are in the team.

Soon, there was movement at the gate of Ann Yinbao.

Although the Anyin Fort tower is still in good condition, the gate of the fort has long since disappeared, and it may have been dismantled by the family to keep warm. Now the Ming army guarding the gate is pushing away the wheelbarrows and carrying away the front row. The simple refusal of horses cleared a way for the army to leave the fort.

The same work has already begun at the North Gate.

Not long after, Yu Dayou and Liu Han who were standing on the wall of the fort felt a slight tremor, which was a little bit stronger than that of the Tartars rushing over.

Three thousand Datong elite cavalry, led by Ma Lu, rushed out of the gate of Anyin Fort in a murderous spirit, and made a charging gesture towards the Tartar camp more than ten miles away, and then turned in a beautiful arc to the west of Anyin Fort run.

When the Ming army carried away the horses in front of the fort gate, the tartars had already noticed the change of the Ming army, but they didn't react much because of their consistent strength.

In front of the overwhelmingly superior army, according to the past practice of the Ming army, they all hid in the city and could not hold out and wait for reinforcements.

It's just that I didn't expect that it was [-] Ming cavalry who rushed out of Anyin Fort, and they rushed towards this side with a murderous look.

The two Tartars, Qianhu, who were on the front line, became tense in an instant. While reporting to the camp behind them, the whole team was preparing to fight the Ming army.

However, before their horses started running, the Ming army turned and ran away.

At this time, it is a good opportunity to bite and chase, but there is no order, and there are many Ming soldiers, who knows if they have prepared an ambush in the west?
Ming people are not good at fighting, but they can also use some intrigues.

After hesitating, [-] cavalrymen of the Ming army had already run past them, heading west of the military fort, and now they had to urge their horses to chase them.

To chase and kill, it is natural to pounce on the Ming army's cavalry when it turns around. At that time, it is just right to catch up with the opponent's tail, and then it is simple.

As for now, it seems that the opportunity has been missed.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes came from behind, and more than [-] horses rushed forward, only the smoke and dust splashed by the Ming army cavalry in the distance.

Soon, more than 20 horses from the Tartar side left and returned to the camp.

In the short conversation, they already knew the actions of the Ming army, and they were not afraid of being swallowed up by their own side for the big money that 3000 people rushed out.

However, the opportunity had obviously been missed. The 2000 outpost troops did not catch up in time to entangle the Ming army.

The Tartars continued to set up camp in an orderly manner, while the cavalry of the Ming army, led by Ma Lu, circled Anyin Fort for half a circle and returned to the city from the north gate. To block, the shield car defense line established by multiple unicycle chariots is behind.

After arranging the errands for the night watch, both Yu Dayou and Liu Han ordered their soldiers to rest well tonight.

Originally, the Tartars were sent out as soon as they arrived, and many Ming soldiers thought they were going to rob the camp tonight, but after repeated explanations from the general and the team officers, they let go of their worries and rested in the temporary tents in the fort.

The fight starts tomorrow, so let's have a good meal tonight, and let's talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow.

During this time out of the fortress, the meals of the Ming army were also the best time they ate in their lives.

The team following Yu Dayou, although they were given a lot of dry food before leaving, they seldom ate any more after entering the prairie. They were all cattle and sheep from the Mongolians who were killed and looted to satisfy their hunger, and large pieces of mutton were opened. eat.

No wonder, the elders said that it was the most leisurely time to enter the grassland and grassland.

After all, it was an opportunity for the Ming army to improve their lives. Although it had been many years since they went north to the fortress, the legend of going out was still passed down among the military families.

These days, the Datong army finally realized what kind of life it was.

The night passed quietly, except for night patrols and sentry nights. After a busy night, accompanied by the dawn and delicious broth, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the tents gradually woke up from their dreams. After a simple wash, they were ready to eat .

At this time, the Anyin Fort seemed a little chaotic.

Of the more than a dozen wells in the entire military fort, only one was still usable after inspection. The drinking water for 8000 people naturally caused a lot of trouble.

Fortunately, Liu Han sent his own soldiers to guard here immediately after the incident, and ordered the soldiers who came to fetch water to line up, so that the order was restored and no bigger incidents occurred.

Even so, the Ming army's preparations were not completed until Si o'clock, which was close to ten o'clock in the morning.

The reason why there was no such a big disturbance yesterday was because the soldiers brought a lot of water with them. Many people saw that there were wells available in the military fort, so naturally they no longer paid as much attention to using them sparingly as before.

With the completion of the preparations, the barriers at the South Fort Gate were cleared, and the Ming army began to slowly move out of Anyin Fort.

The movement of the Ming army was quickly reflected in the Tazi barracks on the opposite side. The sound of drums and horns sounded successively in the military fort and in the opposite Tarzi barracks completely broke the tranquility of the grassland, and also heralded that a big battle was about to take place. It started again.

The Ming army led out of the military fort by two thousand cavalry, and then the cavalry gave way to the unicycle chariot behind, and the last ones to leave the fort were still two thousand cavalry.

The one-wheeled chariot soon began to unfold three miles away from the military fort, and the four thousand Ming army cavalry were also divided into left and right wings to protect the side.

At this time, the gates of the Tartar barracks also opened, and pairs of Tartar cavalry rushed out of the barracks, and quickly dispersed to the left and right to complete the arrangement of the army formation.

"The other party's reaction is so fast, it is worthy of being an elite Tartar."

Yu Dayou couldn't help sighing when he saw that the opposite side was almost leaning against the camp to complete the formation.

But soon he noticed Liu Han's tense expression, something seemed wrong.

"General Liu, what's wrong with you?"

Yu Dayou asked.

"It's a bit troublesome. There are at least 3000 people in this team of Tartars who are Altan Khan's guards. The remaining few thousand people should also be elites from some ten thousand households. Our information is wrong."

At this moment, when the two sides are facing each other, the true military appearance of the Anda Department is completely exposed in front of the Ming army.

According to the information obtained by the Ming army before, it is presumed that Wanhu was recruited temporarily. Such a team is not enough to compete with the ordinary Ming army, that is, the superiority in numbers makes Liu Han a little worried.

But now, what appeared in front of his eyes were herdsmen recruited temporarily.