eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 475

Ever since Huamachi ignited the beacon fire, Yang Shangyi's troops in Ningxia Town set out with the whole army. In the battle three years ago, he actually lost face.

Chasing Huosai was unsuccessful, but Zhou Shangwen became famous in the first battle.

Until now, the emperor's attitude towards the two of them is still affected by that battle.

They are all warriors, and even he has the support of the old Wei Ning Bo Wang Yue, and now it is just the time for the emperor to employ people, so no matter it is for fame or profit, he will do his best in this battle.

The dry wind from the northwest caused two gashes on his lips. As soon as he left Ningxia City and was far away from the few oases, his eyes were full of yellow sand.

The army went out of the city, which was actually more dangerous when the Tatars invaded.

So he didn't walk fast. The army gradually moved forward among the castles scattered across the yellow sand on the plateau. On the ground, one or a few bare trees could occasionally be seen.The sky is scorched by the scorching sun, not to mention people, even horses will wheeze after walking a few more steps.

A few days later, he received an order from the Governor's Mansion that the Ming army took Qiu Yue as the vanguard, and at the same time ordered him to move to Lingzhou to approach the Tatars.

Yang Shangyi had also heard of Qiu Yue, but he was only a guerrilla general, and the 3000 men under his command could actually be a forward. I don't know what the governor's office is thinking about.

But military orders are like mountains, and we must obey them.

In fact, the original military settlements were indeed dilapidated. If they wanted to regain combat effectiveness, they had to switch to the recruitment system, which was the only way for almost every dynasty to go through from prosperity to decline.

Fortunately, in the past two years, the imperial court has allocated generous salaries to the army, and the money has paved the way. In this place where survival is difficult, there are still many brave men who join the army.

That's how Qiu Yue came here, and that's how the night hunters on the plateau also came here.

Yebushou and Dunjun are always the ones who face Tatars in the first round.

In order to improve the defense capabilities of the border troops, in fact, since Wang Yue was in charge of the trilateral administration, the imperial court had already increased the salaries and rations of these soldiers.

The so-called piers are the soldiers guarding the piers. These piers are all over the undulating, large and small soil slopes. Each of them is small in scale, but the Ming army is relatively densely built. early warning.

Especially in Ningxia, the piers and abutments have been built so that every place is not far apart.

Gan Yuan and his brothers hid on the leeward side of this slope, because the Tatars had already crossed Huamachi City. According to their experience in fighting the enemy for so many years, the Tatars would also send out troops who acted quickly and fought bravely. The elite squad to 'root out' them.

For the Tatars, only in this way will the follow-up troops march smoothly.

At the same time, it can also hide its whereabouts, otherwise there will be such small fortresses everywhere, and all news will be spied on.

The terrain of Ningxia is a hillside in the east and a hillside in the west. People are walking between the valleys, and there is no cover for them.

For Dunjun and Ye Bushou, as long as they were discovered by Tatars on horseback, they would either be killed or shot to death.Running is hard to escape.

Of course this is the past.

In the past two years, the offense and defense have gradually changed. The General Military Mansion has brought them decent war horses and strong soldiers, and of course, they also sent a lot of money.

Now that it's time to take the knife, it would be shameful to back down.

It's getting late, and the time for no-night activities is coming.

Gan Yuan and his brothers stuffed the hard pancake mixed with sand into their mouths and chewed it. After eating, they sucked their rough and hard fingers twice, then squatted down and said, "Tonight we will go to Xingwusuo. After Huamachi, even if the Tatars don’t go to Xingwusuo, they will send troops there. There is meat there!”

Before the war came, first of all, these scouts contacted and fought with each other.

After fastening their knives and leading their horses, eight men with big arms and round waists walked into the valley under the cover of night.

In summer, there was no wind or rain, and Gan Yuan led his brothers all the way to the northeast. Under the night, it looked like a few black spots moving among the mountains.

There is an empty voice in an empty place.

"Boss! I heard that Ningxia soldiers have come out, this time the Ministry is going to beat the Tartars hard!"

"The sky has changed. It is no longer what it used to be. The little soldiers in the Yuquan camp have now become guerrilla generals. The court is cruel and pours money on these people, just to make the Tatars suffer!"

These voices passed Gan Yuan's ears, and he didn't utter a word after hearing them.

But there was a deep hatred in those eyes in the dark night.

Three years later, the Tatars are back.

For him, there is not only national hatred, but also family hatred to avenge.Last year his younger brother was a soldier who died in combat.

At that time, the emperor seemed to pay more attention to pensions than before, but the money in exchange was like irony.

After marching overnight, until the next morning, the few of them hid in the narrow and long mountain crevices. For Ye Bushou, apart from being able to fight, the most important skill was hiding.

But halfway through the water, someone found something was wrong.

"There is wolf smoke!"

A big man pointed in the direction of Xingwusuo.

Immediately after several people approached, from the straight upward smoke, they could see the picture of guns and halberds thrusting obliquely and corpses lying horizontally.

Gan Yuan said calmly: "Bring the horses in and put them on your mouth. We will set off after an hour's rest. Go to the Xingwu Institute."

While resting against the stone wall, he thought about it carefully. Generally, Tatars would not easily attack various military fortresses built by the Ming army. There is a thousand households in Xingwusuo.

The Tatar army should not have come here deliberately.

It is very likely that it is still a small group of troops that have been differentiated.

This is how the two armies fought. It was not the tactics used by the large corps to refuel each other. In fact, the Tatar soldiers had strong individual capabilities and superb riding skills. They always had the advantage in such small-scale encounters, often tens of thousands The Ming army did not dare to easily pursue a small team of people.

But if Gan Yuan only wanted to live, he didn't have to come here to get the military salary.

Two hours later, eight people and eight horses reappeared on the bare hillside.

Xingwusuo was very close, and they could even see the piers set up here as they walked, and of course, there were corpses.

call out! !

A sharp piercing sound came from behind, and the horse seemed to have combat experience as it sat down, neighing and stepping forward to avoid it.

As soon as Gan Yuan turned around, six men in brown armor, full-faced, and shirtless appeared in sight.

"It's a sister -in -law!"

Gan Yuan still didn't speak, but his thick hands had already grasped the handle of the knife by his leg.

The sun was dazzling, and the yellow sand was splashed by horseshoes.

"Get the reward money!"

Don't say a word of nonsense, hit when you see it!
The hostile atmosphere between Ming and Mongolia has penetrated into the bones of every soldier in the border area. More than ten years of fighting have made the battle unnecessary.

In a way, it's like a silent film.

Grasping the reins, raising the sword, fluttering the military uniform, the process of charging was simple and straightforward, until the moment of the battle, it seemed that all sense of hearing had been restored.

"kill!"

The battlefield movements are not elegant, open and close, what can be cut is what it is!
"Again! Take their lives!!"

Gan Yuan finally roared out!
"superior!!"

These Tatars also seemed very excited. Although their eyes were a little surprised, their previous victories gave them sufficient confidence.

Gan Yuan grabbed the person in the middle, and when he climbed up with the horse's belly, it was a vertical chop!
The tartar raised his knife to block, he had a lot of strength, and wanted to bounce back immediately to fight back.

But he lifted it a bit and found that he couldn't lift it.So fear flashed across his face, and when he looked at Gan Yuan again, he grinned arrogantly.

"what!!"

Gan Yuan pressed down hard with his arm, so that the tartar could not move, and then reversed the knife edge in an instant, and pulled it horizontally!
The blood column spurts!
A human head with eyes still open floated in the air.

Gan Yuan's companion caught it with the tip of a knife, flipped his wrist, and the head fell on the coarse cloth on his chest.

"Boss! This one is beautifully cut!"

Gan Yuan ignored him, turned his ferocious expression, and stared at the others again.

There was blood on the knife, he picked it up and licked it, and said, "This is Daming! Come in with a weapon on horseback, and get ready to have your head cut off!"

The remaining five Tatar soldiers probably felt that something was wrong.

But in the name of a warrior, there is no coward here.

"kill!!"

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In the Tatar camp.

Huoshai is also discussing the military situation with the generals.

At some point, the curtain was lifted, and a soldier knelt on one knee to deliver the military newspaper.

This military newspaper, he just glanced at it and started to frown.

After the other people in the camp finished watching, the atmosphere was not active either.

"...This time, the Ming army is different from the past."

This is the greatest feeling.

As an experienced general, Huozhai can tell by smelling anything abnormal on the battlefield.Since he led the troops across the Great Wall, his army has successively harassed Huamachi City, Xingwu Temple, and various piers and small forts.

Of course not with all the military strength, and it was not necessary in the first place. His soldiers were not used to attack the city.

But this time is indeed different from the previous ones. Even three years ago, the Ming army did not dare to go out of the city to fight easily, let alone a battle of dozens or hundreds of people.

This time it's all there.

"Could it be that Hashtu was defeated by Xingwu?!" Someone couldn't help asking.

"Not defeated. Killed more than 70 Ming troops, and lost half of them. Hashtu brought 100 people there. Six people got lost on the way back."

This record cannot be called a defeat.But one problem is obvious.

"We can't make such an exchange with the Ming army. The Great Khan said that the current little emperor of the Ming Dynasty is determined to kill us. With the smoke of Huamachi, there must be Ming troops from all over the world rushing here to support us. .”

This is not necessary for the generals to say, Huozhai also knows it, but as the commander, he clearly knows that his biggest threat is Yang Shangyi, the general soldier of Ningxia.If you don't kill this cavalry unit, the more things they grab, the more cumbersome they will be.

Huozhai turned around and questioned: "Before, you all said that the Ningxia soldiers walked slowly because they were afraid of us, but now the man surnamed Yang stopped in Lingzhou. Is this really afraid of us?"

"Perhaps he is waiting for support. In short, no matter whether he is willing to come out or not, we will force him to come out. Lingzhou cannot be robbed, but other places will be robbed. If he sits idly by, the little emperor of Ming Dynasty will deal with him in the future."

Now that things have happened, it seems that he can only be forced, forty thousand to more than 1, and he will feel at ease after eating Ningxia's soldiers.

So he waved his hand,
"Send Tu Tu to fight a few beautiful battles around the county town of Lingzhou! If you tell him to come out, you will die, or if you don't come out, you will die! Let's see what he will do!"

The so-called fighting a few beautiful battles means robbing people, livestock, money and food!Men are killed, women are taken away, and those who cannot be taken away are burned!

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It will be updated earlier today, and there will be more tonight.It's been a bit of a waste these days, sorry.

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