In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 98 Civilians are more motivated than military attachés
In the evening, Wang Pu sent out to explore the mouth of the valley and returned again without stopping.

However, the news brought back this time made everyone unable to believe it.

Jiannu's army was actually blocked in the valley by a cavalry force. Although the number of the cavalry was not as large as that of Jiannu, it occupied a very favorable terrain and contained Jiannu in the valley.

Acting Xuanda Governor Liang Tingdong, who had just returned from Yanghe after hearing the news, stood up excitedly after listening to Ye Bu's report.

"Okay, God is really helping me. Commander Wang, Jiannu is now surrounded in the valley and unable to advance or retreat. This is a great opportunity to annihilate him in one fell swoop!"

"Supervisor, what you said is wrong. The identity and strength of the cavalry at Taniguchi are unknown. It is too dangerous to attack rashly. The general believes that this is Jiannu's trick to lure the enemy, and he wants to deliberately lure our troops out of the pass to pursue them. !”

Wang Pu said solemnly, but he rolled his eyes in his heart. What Liang said was better than what he sang.

If he fell into the trap, wouldn't it be his men who would lose?

There is no such thing as a general soldier without soldiers these days. In order to accumulate this little fortune, he has worked hard.

He is already the chief military officer. Even if he wins the battle and performs meritorious service, he will not be promoted anymore. At most, he will only receive some dispensable rewards. Is it possible that he can be knighted for this?

But once you lose the battle, you will not only lose troops and generals, but you will also have to be severely reprimanded by the court. If you lose too many troops and horses, you may be dismissed from office.

How can you take the initiative to do something like this when the gain outweighs the loss?
What's more, now that the Tatars have withdrawn from the Great Wall, even if His Majesty wants to hold the Tatars responsible for invading Datong, he will only hold Liang Tingdong, the governor of Xuanda, the chief military officer of Datong with a heavy army, and the most he can do is to issue an edict to reprimand him. Just one session.

Wang Pu doesn't want to take risks because there is no room for improvement, so he naturally doesn't want to take the initiative.

But as a civil servant, Liang Tingdong is just the opposite. Now he is the acting military affairs officer of the Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi three towns, the right minister of the Ministry of War, and the censor of the right capital, and furthermore, the minister of the Ministry of War.

Zhang Fengyi was almost dismissed by His Majesty last year. If he can defeat the Jiannu this time, he will win the emperor's heart and replace Zhang Fengyi as the commander of the Ministry of War.

How could such a good opportunity be missed?

At this moment, his face also changed, and he said sternly: "General Wang, please don't talk about the slaves' change of expression. The number of slaves who have knocked down this time is only ten thousand. Now that they have been released, how can there be any further trouble? They must have been captured by the army. The road was blocked, so I had no choice but to build a bridge across the river and bypass the west bank. This is a golden opportunity to attack from both sides. If we don't attack, how long will it take?"

"How does the Superintendent know that the troops outside the valley are friends and not enemies? As the commander-in-chief of Datong, I have the responsibility to defend the territory. Without His Majesty's order, I really dare not go out to fight without permission. I hope the Superintendent will forgive me!"

Wang Pu shook his head, as if he was a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, but he was sneering in his heart.

How many days has this person named Liang been in Datong?You actually want to use him as a spearman to pursue your own career. Do you really think he is stupid?
"Commander Wang, please stop making excuses. This is to pursue the slaves. Your duty is not to go to the outside of the Great Wall. Why do you need His Majesty's order? Doesn't my military order work?"
Or do you think that like last time, the mercenaries are self-respecting, fearful of the enemy, and ignore the orders of the military governor, causing the slaves to ravage Datong Shuozhou and other places at will? "

Liang Tingdong was completely torn when he saw that he couldn't get enough oil and salt.

There was no way. Although he was the governor of Xuanda, Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanfu, was quite popular with the emperor and had a great victory in Xuanfu ahead of him.

And if Datong, where he is in charge, allows the Jian slaves to run rampant and do nothing, I am afraid that he, the governor of Xuanda, will end up and be replaced by Chen Xinjia.

When Wang Pu saw that he was using his official position to oppress others and threaten himself, he became angry and clenched his fists involuntarily.

But if Liang Tingdong, the Governor of Xuanda, really breaks his face and reports to His Majesty, impeaching him as a mercenary of the Datong General Army for being self-respecting, afraid of the enemy, and disobeying military orders, and a bunch of officials and censors are coaxing together, His Majesty may come forward. He really knows how to deal with it.

Thinking of this, the murderous intent in his eyes flashed away, but he said: "The commander-in-chief has an order, the general must obey it, and tomorrow we will gather troops and go out to attack the enemy.

It's just that the army has been in arrears with food and wages for a long time, and the morale in the army is low. The soldiers have already complained. They hope that the commander will come in person tomorrow to boost morale, or distribute the arrears of food to encourage the soldiers to fight bravely! "

"This……"

Liang Tingdong's expression also changed. It was obvious that Wang Pu had poked his weak point. He could not bring out the food and did not want to risk his life by going there in person.

But in the end, after weighing the situation, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, the governor will sit in the army tomorrow and attack the enemy with the soldiers."

Obviously he didn't want to miss this opportunity. Even if he was a civil servant and had only read a few military books, he knew that this kind of opportunity to block Jiannu in the valley was rare.

What's more, he has also recruited half a battalion of supervisors this year. Anyway, when the time comes, the army will march along the river, moving steadily, with the river on one side and the mountains on the other. If the situation is not good, they can retreat at any time.

.........

The next day, under the supervision of Liang Tingdong, Wang Pu did not push back and forth, and began to command the army to get out of the gap at dawn.

More than 3 horses continuously passed through the gap more than ten feet wide, and it was not until evening that they all left the Great Wall and gathered in the valley.

Sony, who was in charge of surveillance, watched the Ming troops pouring out continuously and tried to rush forward and fired a burst of arrows. After finding that he could not stop them, he did not dare to attack rashly.

After all, the gap is only that big, and the opponent's tens of thousands of horses have no way to retreat. If the cavalry rushes directly, they will not get much advantage, but will suffer a loss.

As for the Ming army daring to fight out, Hauge was not expecting it, and his face was so gloomy that he almost shed tears. "How many troops are there in the Ming army? Who is the leading general?"

"Returning to the prince, the troops are probably no less than [-]. The general leading the army should be Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong. There is also a large flag with the word "Liang" in it. I think it is Liang Tingdong, the governor of Xuanda.

"These two losers dare to add insult to injury and attack me. It's totally unreasonable. Bang..." Hauge was so angry that he threw the water bowl to the ground.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the group of horse bandits must have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty last time. Otherwise, it would not be such a coincidence that the Ming army just blocked our way and the Ming army came out to attack." Sony reminded carefully.

"Do you mean that the Ming Dynasty army and this gang of horse bandits had a premeditated plan? Deliberately setting a trap here?" Hauge's expression also changed.

"They should be close to each other." Sony nodded. If he hadn't planned it in advance, how could it be such a coincidence?

He was sure that the group of horse bandits must have been wandering north of Datong, waiting for them to come out and intercept them.

"How is the wooden bridge going?"

Hauge thought about it and felt that the group of horse bandits should have colluded with the Ming army to plot against them, so he asked an Eight Banners general in charge of building the bridge.

"Your Majesty, it will be completed tomorrow morning. However, although the wooden bridge is three feet wide, it will probably take at least three days for all our troops, horses and slave vehicles to pass!" the Eight Banners general replied in a low voice.

"Damn it, it's really a tiger being bullied by a dog! I'm so angry with you!"

Hauge once again couldn't help but cursed.

In any other place, he could beat the shit out of that gang of horse bandits and the [-] Ming army.

However, this valley is pierced by a river, which is not conducive to the cavalry's detours, but it is suitable for the infantry to advance steadily. Now that there are cavalry in front and infantry behind, it is really uncomfortable.

If they cross the river, they will definitely not have time to cross the river completely, and they will be pressed up by infantry or cavalry and attack halfway across the river.

But if you go to attack the infantry, you will face the risk of being attacked by the cavalry from behind. If you ignore the infantry and forcefully attack the cavalry, you will face the dilemma of attacking the high with the low, and the casualties will definitely be huge. If the infantry takes the opportunity to press up again, in the end I guess I have to peel off the skin to get rid of it.

"Your Majesty, there is a wide river five miles downstream. War horses can barely pass through it by wading. How about abandoning the material slaves and crossing the river as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be easy when the Ming army comes up from the south. ”

After Hauge vented for a while and his anger subsided a lot, Sony reminded him.

It is obvious that we cannot stay here for a long time. It is no longer practical to cross the river from the bridge. The Ming army is only more than 30 miles away from here. Once the delay is too long, when the Ming army presses up, they will have no choice but to forcefully rush out from the mouth of the valley.

"Wait until dawn tomorrow. I don't believe it. Then Wang Pu really dares to lead his troops to come up!"

Hauge waved his hands after thinking about it.

What kind of thing is Wang Pu and his [-] men? Hauge has already seen it before Datong City. They are a group of cowards who are as timid as rats and can be frightened by his [-] cavalry.

Therefore, he was really unwilling to abandon the material slaves he had obtained. As long as Wang Pu's [-] Ming army was driven back, what would happen if the group of horse bandits occupied the favorable terrain?Do you dare to rush directly into the valley?

At that time, the army can cross the river calmly and slowly deal with the group of horse bandits.

At the same time, on the high slope outside the valley, Lin Rui also received news that the Ming army had left the Great Wall.

Both the Mongolians and the Han people were very excited. Namuzhong said even more excitedly: "Rui Lang, this is good. I didn't expect that the Ming army actually came out. This time, the Jurchens must escape." I’m sorry, why don’t you ask Sanna to take a detour to the west coast to contact her?”

"Sanna, are you saying that all the Ming troops are on the east bank and none on the west bank?" Lin Rui looked at Sanna with an ugly expression.

"Yes, sir, the gap in the Great Wall is on the east bank. All the Ming troops came out through the gap. The heads were so densely packed that I can't even count them. They were much more than the Jurchens and us combined."

Sauna quickly gestured, it was the first time he saw so many people gathering together.

"Fuck, the leading general of the Ming army is just a pig! How can he put all the people on the east coast? Damn, he is really a pig teammate, he is unreliable! Hey!"

Lin Rui sighed at the end of his scolding.

"Rui Lang, what's wrong? Are you worried that the Jurchens will directly ride horses and wade across the river?"

"Yes, Sanna and the others can ride horses and wade directly from the lower reaches to swim across. Who is sure that they can't do it from the upper reaches? What's more, in this case, no matter what, they must send a partial division to the west bank to prepare for it. How can we send troops Are all the horses concentrated on the east coast?"

Lin Rui also said helplessly.

If the Ming army sent a partial division to block the west bank, then the Jurchens would have no choice but to break through from their hillside. At that time, even if they had to pay a certain amount of casualties, they would lead the cavalry and rush forward without hesitation. Go down, severely injure the [-] Jurchen cavalry, and then take off the inner sleeves in a swaggering manner.

(End of this chapter)