In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 113 An irresistible battle

After several days in a row, when the eight young infantry battalions were able to remain calm and calm when facing the cavalry charge, Lin Rui finally stopped waiting and sent someone to issue a letter of war to the Ming army to the east.

On August [-]th, the two armies each advanced thirty miles and fought to the death near Wangguantun.

This time Lin Rui planned to bring eight infantry battalions, all Mongolian cavalry, [-] temporary longbowmen and [-] mercenaries.

As for Yanghe City, it will be garrisoned by the five thousand rescued men and women, while the Nancheng Camp will be abandoned directly.

Those five thousand men and women all voluntarily stayed at the beginning, and they had a high sense of belonging to the Lin family army. Each of them was equipped with a long knife or spear to guard the prisoners, which was more than enough to intimidate the common people and merchants in the city.

The reason why he wanted to attack the Ming army first was because he was worried that if they went to attack Jiannu, the Ming army would take the opportunity to attack Yanghe City and cut off their retreat.

However, the Ming army had no such concerns when attacking first. Firstly, Jiannu was not good at attacking the city. Secondly, once Jiannu besieged the city, everyone in the city would fight to the death and would not surrender.

After sending the letter of challenge, Lin Rui began to make preparations for the war.

And in Datong City.

After Wang Pu took the letter of challenge from the deputy general who rushed over in a hurry, he immediately pushed his concubine to the ground angrily and swept all the wine and food on the table to the ground.

"An arrogant, ignorant kid who doesn't know the heights of the sky, how dare he be so presumptuous?"

"Commander, should we not fight?" After Wang Pu finished venting, the deputy general on the side asked in a low voice.

"Go back to the camp first!"

Wang Pu said a gloomy expression and left the comfortable bedroom. The deputy general glanced at the concubine who was wearing tulle on the ground, and then quickly chased her out.

Half an hour later, Wang Pu returned to the Ming army camp.

In the commander's tent, standing on one side were the commander Qianhu and other military attachés, and on the other side were the general Qianzong and the like.

As for the Datong magistrate, all the commanding envoys, guards and other civil servants, except for staying for a few days at first, later returned to Datong. The landlords and gentlemen were not qualified to enter the big tent to discuss matters.

Even Qianhu must be qualified to guard Qianhu, and ordinary Qianhu can only stand outside the big tent.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the big tent was a little strange. Apparently, the report of the rebels' gauntlet had spread among the army.

It still caused quite a stir. After all, since the outbreak of the civil unrest in Shaanxi, there have been countless rebel leaders. But which one of them faced the encirclement and suppression by the army and was not being hunted with no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth?

But no rebel leader has ever dared to take the initiative to issue a letter of challenge to the government and army.

"I have decided to prepare food at the third watch tomorrow and break camp at the fifth watch to fight the rebels to the death."

Wang Pu had calmed down along the way and figured out the stakes. After glancing at the people in the hall, he spoke directly without hesitation.

Since these military attachés were not under his direct jurisdiction, he only made decisions but did not give orders.

Even so, when they heard that Wang Pu planned to fight the rebels, the military attachés' expressions changed and they became anxious.

"Commander Wang, you can't do that!"

"Master Commander, think twice!"

"Rebels are nothing to worry about, but there are Jiannu behind us. If Jiannu suddenly breaks out during the decisive battle between the two armies, the consequences will be really unimaginable!"

"Yes, what's the last chance? Jiannu will definitely come when the time comes. This is almost a certainty!"

"I know all this, but our army has more than [-] troops. Even if we include the slaves, we may not lose!"

Wang Pu banged the table to stop the noise, and then said with determination.

"Having said that, it's still too risky!"

"Yes, Commander, it's better to stay in the camp and let the rebels attack."

Everyone was still shaking their heads like rattles. Are you kidding me?
Even if the gang of rebels didn't collude with Jiannu, in such a three-party battle, the ones who would suffer in the end would definitely be Mantis and Cicada, and the westernmost Jiannu cavalry would undoubtedly be the oriole. Who would do such a stupid thing?

In fact, Wang Pu felt extremely helpless, and he didn't know that even if the rebels were defeated, they would be taken advantage of by Jian Nu, and their end would certainly not be much better.

But the rebels actually took the initiative to issue a letter of challenge to the officers and soldiers. Once this happened, he would have to fight regardless of whether he could win or not.

Otherwise, it will bring disgrace to the court and undermine the emperor's power. With the emperor's temperament, he will definitely kill the entire Wang family. There is no doubt about this.

Therefore, he had no choice but to accept the battle. If he lost, he would be punished by His Majesty's order at worst, or lose his official position at the most. As long as he saved his life, there would always be a chance to make a comeback. If he hunkered down in the camp, he would definitely be liquidated afterwards. "Everyone, the rebel has actually issued a declaration of war. We have no reason to back down. Otherwise, once this matter spreads, although I, the commander-in-chief of Datong, will bear the brunt, none of us here will be able to escape. You don’t want the official positions passed down from your ancestors to be taken away by your majesty, right?”

Although Wang Pu's tone was not loud, anyone could hear the threat in it, that is, if these military attachés did not send troops with him, then don't blame him for turning his back on them, and one by one they would be impeached.

Sure enough, everyone's expressions changed. After all, the rebels were not issuing a challenge to Wang Pu alone, but to all the Ming troops in the camp.

In the end, after careful consideration, they all decided that in order to save the face of the court, they must not back down. At worst, if the situation went bad, it would be better to escape under the protection of the servants than to be liquidated by the emperor and lose his official position in the future.

"Everyone, let's do this. The [-] new recruits that I have recruited have only been trained for a short period of time. They will not be of much use on the battlefield. On the contrary, they will cause more chaos. Let Lieutenant General Wang lead them to stay in the camp, so that they can have someone. Escape!"

Wang Pu thought about it and decided to keep his newly recruited 1 border troops. It was not that he wanted to preserve his strength, but that bringing these [-] people to the battlefield would be more useful if they stayed in the camp.

Everyone came from a family of military officers, and they all knew some common sense about military matters. They also read a lot of military books in their spare time, and they all nodded in agreement with Wang Pu's proposal.

But when Wang Pu wanted to gather all the cavalry guards together, everyone was furious and firmly opposed. No one agreed.

Even Wang Pu's own generals did not agree with this.

Those horse-riding personal guards are all the best among the best. They are the talismans that protect everyone's lives on the battlefield. However, if the situation is not good, they protect them from the siege and have the greatest confidence to escape. How can they hand over them?
Seeing such a big reaction from everyone, Wang Pu had no choice but to give up. He just mentioned it casually.

After all, if it were him, if someone asked him to hand over his personal guards before the war, he would not agree even to death.

Early the next morning, before it was completely bright, a famous military attache brought his servants to gather outside the camp.

As a result, the scene was unbearable to watch. The infantry was mixed with a large number of cavalry. There were groups here and there, clearly distinguishable, and there were shouts and shouts everywhere.

A hundred households usually have one or twenty mounted guards, and dozens or hundreds of ordinary servants.

The mounted guards all have cotton-padded helmets and carry fine steel knives, and some are even equipped with bows and arrows.

These people randomly pull out any one, and the three or five heroes cannot get close to each other, but the ordinary servants are all tall and powerful, wearing mandarin duck war jackets and carrying steel swords at their waists. Almost all of them follow closely around their hundreds of households.

It is easy for a Hundred Household to command their personal guards and servants, but if hundreds of Hundred Households come together with tens of thousands of servants, it will be a disaster.

What's more, above the hundreds of households, there are thousands of households, guards and commanders.

After a whole morning, they couldn't even form the basic formation. Wang Pu was also made to feel his head was as big as a bucket, and the guards commanders were also hoarse from shouting.

"If you do this, you will definitely be ruined on the battlefield. The cavalry and ordinary servants must be separated and cannot be mixed together. The servants must also be reorganized..."

In the end, Wang Pu had no choice but to call over the commander of the guards and the thousands of households.

Everyone is not stupid, and they are not blind. Such a chaotic team is only suitable for defense, and it is absolutely untouchable in the field, so they have no choice but to agree to hand over the ordinary servants to the generals under Wang Pu to command.

Wang Pu breathed a sigh of relief and asked the military attaches and cavalry guards to step aside. Then he roughly reorganized the more than 4 ordinary servants and divided them into ten battalions, composed of ten thousand-year-old commanders and several The deputy general and deputy general commanded two battalions respectively.

And he himself personally commanded all the military attaches and nearly [-] horse-riding personal guards. Once he did this, the scene suddenly became much better.

The black cavalry is also quite scary, but unfortunately they are all heroes individually, but together they are like a mess.

.........

at the same time.

Outside Yanghe City, the army is also gathering continuously. Compared with the chaos of the Ming army, which has to be reorganized before it can march, the Lin family army is much more orderly.

"Belle, after we leave, we will block all the city gates with bricks and stones, and no one will be allowed to enter or exit."

"Well, husband, don't worry, I will definitely guard Yanghe City. You and Sister Namuzhong should also be more careful. I will be here waiting for you to come back."

Although she was no longer willing to stay and defend the city, Hubbell was biting her lip at this moment and nodded, but she could not hide the trace of worry and anxiety on her face.

Lin Rui was extremely helpless when he saw her like this. In fact, he didn't want the inexperienced Hubbell to defend the city, but there was really no one else he could trust, so he had to hurry up and put it on the shelf.

After all, Habeer is his woman after all. Although she is a Mongolian, neither the men or women who were rescued nor the craftsmen dared to disobey her. In addition, the city gate is blocked again, and it will not happen in a short time. Something went wrong.

"As short as five or six days, as long as ten days and a half, we will return victorious."

Lin Rui hugged her over and hugged her, then said confidently, and then after a few more words, he gave the order for the entire army to set off.

At this time, the entire army was already ready.

(End of this chapter)