My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 944 Datong is in danger

The night was already deep, and Ashe Zhiyuan returned to his camp with a smile on his face. When he entered the tent, he saw someone already waiting for him in the tent.

"Prime Minister, is everything going well?"

When the people in the tent saw Ashe Zhiyuan coming in, they immediately stepped forward and asked, Ashe Zhiyuan officials worshiped Prime Minister Wala, or Wala Pingzhang. Anyway, since the Yuan Dynasty was defeated and retreated to the grassland, official positions have been awarded randomly, and many of them are Directly appropriating official positions in the Central Plains. Zhu Di might have captured a lot of prime ministers or ministers after his previous northern expedition.

I saw that the man in the tent was about thirty years old. He was thin and had strange features. His long gown smelled of Chinese medicine. He didn't look like a Mongolian, but like a Han.

"Doctor Gu, don't worry, Tuo Tuo Bu Hua has no other choice at all, so he has promised me to help us hold off the East Route Army. This way, Wu Liangha doesn't have to worry!"

Absolution Magistrate replied proudly.

The ancient doctor in front of me was really a doctor. Although he was Han, he was very famous in Oara because of his superb medical skills. Many nobles rushed to ask him for diagnosis and treatment when they fell ill.

But few people knew that this ancient doctor had another identity. He was actually a spy sent to the grasslands by the Han Dynasty, and was responsible for buying off some Wala nobles, and the Ashe Academy was the most important one.

"The Prime Minister's intervention is indeed extraordinary. With Tuoduo Buhua's help, we will be more confident in our major events!"

When Dr. Gu heard this, he clapped his hands excitedly and said.

"Doctor Gu, I still want to ask one more question, are you sure the Han will send troops?"

Absolution's face suddenly became very serious and he asked Doctor Gu again.

"Prime Minister, don't worry. I will stay with you until the plan is completed. If the Han army doesn't come, you can take away my head at any time!"

Doctor Gu replied with certainty.

As one of the most important tasks deployed by the Han Dynasty on the grassland, the financial and material resources that Doctor Gu can use are also quite large. For example, in recent years, in order to win over the Supreme Court, he has provided considerable financial support to the other party. With this support, Ah She Zhiyuan had the confidence to rebel.

"Okay, I believe sir, you won't make fun of your own life, but the big man promised me something, and he won't break his promise afterwards, right?"

When Aji Zhiyuan said the last word, his eyes suddenly became sharp.

The reason why Ashe Zhiyuan betrayed Ye Xian was not only because Ye Xian was suspicious of him and even wanted to get rid of him, but the most important reason was that the big man promised him that as long as he killed Ye Xian, he would take his place. , became the grand master of Wala.

"Prime Minister, our Han Dynasty is far away overseas. The main reason why we send troops is to solve some problems within the Ming Dynasty. As for the things on the grassland, we really don't have the energy to pay attention to them. Just like Emperor Taizong's several northern expeditions, but in the end it still cannot be changed. The situation on the grassland.”

Doctor Gu paused deliberately before continuing. "So for us, the grassland will always be the grassland of the grassland people. We Han people don't want to do those futile things. Of course, we would also prefer to see a grassland leader who is friendly to the Han people. Even if the conditions in the future If it’s enough, it’s not impossible to help you become the Great Khan of the entire grassland!”

"Okay! The big man is really happy!"

When hearing this, Magistrate Ah She was very happy and said that he still believed in Doctor Gu's words, because he had never broken his promise before, which made him have some trust in the big man.

It was getting late, and Dr. Gu also said goodbye and left. Soon after he returned to his residence, a homing pigeon flew away under the cover of night.

Half a month later, the prepared Wala army finally began to show its claws towards Ming Dynasty.

Among them, the first to launch the attack was the Eastern Route Army of Tuotuo Buhua and Uliangha. This army totaled 30,000 people, most of whom were from the Uliangha and Horqin tribes. Tuotuo Buhua was only the nominal commander. , but these tribes obeyed his orders and even fought on their own.

Regarding this situation, Ashezhiyuan seemed to let it go. After all, from the beginning, they had no intention of letting him actually command this army, and their purpose was only to hold back the Ming army in Liaodong so as to provide a better opportunity for the Central Route Army and The West Route Army strives for more opportunities.

So after Tuo Tuo Bu Hua led these 30,000 people to Liaodong, they quickly launched an attack on Guangning City.

However, due to the lack of cooperation between the various armies, the plan to attack Guangning was also very unsatisfactory. They even laid siege for three days and three nights, but there was nothing they could do about Guangning City. In the end, they had to abandon Guangning City and go to some surrounding strongholds. Looting among them.

While Tuotuo Buhua attacked Liaodong, he also led troops to attack Datong. Datong's right-hand general Wu Hao led his troops to meet the enemy in Maoerzhuang area, but was defeated and died.

Four days later, four generals, Song Ying, governor of Datong, Jingyuan, commander-in-law of Prince Consort, Zhu Mian, commander-in-chief, and Shi Heng, commander-in-chief of left-hand general, each led 10,000 troops and rushed to Yanghe for defense.

At that time, Ye Xian had only 30,000 cavalry, but the Ming Dynasty had 40,000 troops, and they were in a favorable geographical position. If this was during Zhu Di's reign, he could even wipe out all the Wala cavalry.

But in just the past twenty years or so, the military system of the Ming Dynasty has been extremely corrupted. Even the frontier army's combat effectiveness has dropped sharply. Forty thousand versus thirty thousand, they clearly have the advantageous location and superior strength, but the final result is that the Ming army was defeated miserably.

The Ming Dynasty's 40,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out. Among them, Song Ying and Zhu Mian were killed in the battle. Shi Heng fled back to Datong City alone. Guo Jing, the eunuch who oversaw the army, even escaped with his life by hiding in the bushes.

It is worth mentioning that it was this eunuch Guo Jing who opened the door to the grassland and sold various weapons, arrows and crossbows to the Wala people. He even had a good relationship with Ye Xian and betrayed a lot to them. Ming Dynasty’s military intelligence.

Therefore, many people in later generations suspected that the disastrous defeat of the Ming army was precisely because Guo Jing and Ye Xian colluded and betrayed the Ming army to Wala, which led to the annihilation of the entire army. This is why all the military commanders died in the battle. The reason why Guo Jing was able to come back alive.

With the defeat of the Ming army, Ye Xian also fought under the city of Datong. The Ming army in the city could only defend the city and did not dare to go out of the city. This also led to Ye Xian looting everywhere, and some surrounding Ming army strongholds were breached. The war situation in Datong was in a state of decay.

This news quickly spread to Beijing, causing an uproar in the city. Even the court was quarreling over this matter. Some people advocated sending troops to support, while others advocated sending people to make peace. Even if they pay a certain amount of food and property, as long as Wala is willing to withdraw his troops. , these costs are worth it.

(End of this chapter)