Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 179 The Second Battle of Tumu! (Part )
Under the cover of night, Gao Shun led 40,000 soldiers in the Formation Camp and, following the captain of Xuanfu, rushed forward.

But after running for a whole hour, Gao Shun did not notice any enemy troops, or even any unusual movements.

If the enemy troops really entered the pass on a large scale, even if no fighting broke out, it would cause some unusual movements.

For example, fleeing people, screaming poultry, sharp horse hoof prints, destroyed crops...

But it was so quiet inside the pass that there was no sign of enemy invasion.

Gao Shun felt something was wrong, so he reined in his horse and looked at the captain unkindly: "There is no sign of enemy invasion here. Where are the enemies?"

With 40,000 soldiers right behind this captain, he couldn't help but feel nervous, and quickly said, "It's not far ahead, we'll be there soon, we'll be there soon."

Gao Shun patiently followed the captain and ran forward for half an hour. Finally, he saw a group of soldiers wearing bright helmets and armor in front of him.

This group of soldiers was small in number, only about a thousand in number, and they were all Yang Tong's confidants.

When the leading general Yang Yi saw Gao Shun, he immediately took out the royal decree and said, "General Gao Shun, Yang Tong, the general of Xuanfu, orders you to go to Xuanfu immediately to discuss matters!"

"The command of the Xianzhen Camp will be temporarily transferred to me."

Gao Shun stopped his horse, his face showing even more confusion: "Let me go to Xuanfu?"

"Yes, military orders are as strong as mountains. General Gao Shun should not delay and set off immediately."

As Yang Yi spoke, he deliberately shook the royal flag in his hand.

He attempted to eliminate the 40,000-man formation without bloodshed in the same way he had killed Liu Ning, the general of Datong.

Gao Shun glanced at the royal banner in Yang Yi's hand and turned his horse around: "In that case, I will lead the team to Xuanfu now!"

After Gao Shun finished speaking, he was about to take 40,000 soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp and go to Xuanfu.

When Yang Yi saw that Gao Shun was not only going himself, but also wanted to take 40,000 soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp with him, he was immediately frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Wait! General Gao Shun, don't you understand what I mean?!"

"General Yang Tong only allows you to go to Xuanfu alone, and you can bring at most one thousand personal soldiers with you."

"The remaining troops will be temporarily handed over to me for command. We still have to fight the Oirat people!"

According to Yang Tong's plan, he would first use the king's flag to separate the generals and soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp.

Then they launched a surprise attack on Gao Shun, the commander of the Xianzhen Camp. After killing Gao Shun, they broke up the remaining Xianzhen Camp into various units and managed them separately.

They had used this trick before to kill Datong General Liu Ning and his personal soldiers.

He also let Datong's lieutenant general Guo Pan take control of Datong's military affairs.

Yang Tong's plan actually has a very high chance of success.

Because of the existence of the royal flag, other generals had to obey Yang Tong's orders.

But this time, they encountered the Xianzhen Camp led by Gao Shun.

The other generals listened to Yang Tong's words because seeing the king's flag was like seeing the emperor, and the system stipulated that they had to obey.

But people like Gao Shun did not obey the emperor, but only Zhu Youtang.

It’s just because Zhu Youtang is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so it seems there is no difference.

But when others used the imperial power to bully Gao Shun, he would not submit.

"Without your Majesty's personal order, I will not hand over the command of the Xianzhen Camp to you."

Gao Shun said coldly: "I am going to Xuanfu, and these 40,000 Xianzhen Camp troops must go with me."

"presumptuous!"

Yang Yi was extremely anxious, pointing at Gao Shun and cursing, "The king's flag is in my hand, do you dare to disobey the military order?!"

"Disobeying military orders is tantamount to treason!"

"I order you to surrender the command of the Trap Camp immediately!"

"Otherwise, you will be punished by military law! You should be executed according to the law!"

As soon as Yang Yi finished speaking, dozens of soldiers around him took two steps towards Gao Shun at the same time.

Their original intention was actually just to scare Gao Shun.

But the next moment, Gao Shun suddenly jumped up.

"presumptuous!"

Gao Shun drew out his sword like lightning and slashed at Yang Yi!

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

The hand that Yang Yi pointed at Gao Shun was instantly cut off by Gao Shun.

Yang Yi's broken arm fell to the ground, and a large amount of blood spurted out from his wound, making him cry out in pain.

Gao Shun's sudden attack stunned Yang Tong's trusted soldiers.

Before they could react, Gao Shun had already issued the order to massacre!
"The trap camp listens to my orders, kill!"

It was just a simple command, but under the command of Gao Shun, the Xianzhen Camp was under his control.

The 40,000 soldiers in the Xianzhen Camp drew their swords together, and the sword light made the faces of more than a thousand of Yang Tong's confidants as pale as paper.

"Wait! What are you planning to do with your swords drawn?!"

"You killed our friendly forces, which is truly a heinous crime of treason!"

"Stop it! Stop it now!"

"..."

More than a thousand Xuanfu soldiers could not even withstand a single encounter with the 40,000-strong Xianzhen Camp.

Yang Yi looked at the murderous Xianzhen Camp in horror and swung his sword at him.

He really didn't expect that Gao Shun would dare to give a direct order to kill all the soldiers holding the king's flags.

Didn’t Gao Shun know that seeing the king’s flag was like seeing the emperor?

How dare he? !
Yang Yi's doubts did not last long. Once the 40,000-strong Xianzhen Camp launched an attack, many people did not even have the chance to swing their swords. These more than a thousand people were already dead.

Before he could even scream, his throat was blocked forever by the corpses.

After destroying all the Xuanfu soldiers, Gao Shun felt a bad premonition in his heart.

From the time the Xuanfu captain came to ask for help, until they had been running for an hour and a half, they did not encounter any enemy troops. Instead, they encountered the Ming army who insisted that he go to Xuanfu alone and hand over the command of the Xianzhen Camp.

All of this seems like a trap, the purpose of which is to divert the main force of the Xianzhen Camp away from Zhu Youtang! Not good, Your Majesty!
When Gao Shun thought of this, he suddenly panicked and gave orders quickly.

"The Xianzhen Camp, listen up! Advance at full speed, return to Tumubao, and protect His Majesty!"

Gao Shun led the way, followed closely by 40,000 soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp.

Return to Tumubao at a speed faster than when we came here!

……

Earthen fort.

At the first quarter of the morning, dawn is approaching.

It was the darkest time before dawn.

In the Tumubao camp, the camp has not yet been set up, and except for the people on duty, everyone else is resting.

Suddenly, a team wearing bright helmets and armor rushed out from the direction of Juyongguan in the south.

The personnel on duty, seeing that the people coming were all cavalrymen wearing Ming-style armor, thought they were friendly troops coming to support them, so they did not make any noise to guard against them.

But this team was none other than the Xuanfu rebels led by Yang Kui.

They went around from Zijing Pass to Juyong Pass overnight, and then left from Juyong Pass.

From the south, which is the direction of the capital, the direction from which Zhu Youtang came, a surprise attack was launched on Zhu Youtang's large army!

In order to boost morale, Yang Kui shouted loudly: "Follow me, soldiers, kill them all, leaving no one alive!"

"Don't let any of the civil and military officials go!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The 20,000 elite soldiers led by Yang Kui were still in high spirits even though they had been attacking all night.

They were eager to fight and would show no mercy to high-ranking civil and military officials such as the Shangshu, Shilang, and Jiuqing.

But they also have their own ideas about the Ming Emperor.

"Brother, are you going to kill the emperor?"

"If I don't kill you, will you?"

"I won't kill him either. Can a regular soldier kill the emperor?"

"Can a soldier be a good soldier if he kills the emperor?"

"Rebel!"

"What's the point of playing with a few dozen taels of silver a year?!"

"That's right. I received money for killing civil and military officials. Killing the emperor is a different price."

"Besides, there's no guarantee that those people above won't find someone to take the blame if something happens to them."

"I've had enough of killing the emperor. I won't kill him, but you can do it if you want."

"Since you won't kill me, then I won't kill you either."

"..."

From the perspective of border town generals such as Yang Tong and Yang Kui, it would be best to wipe out Zhu Youtang and others at once.

But the soldiers under their command naturally have their own ideas.

It is okay to kill officials, but it is not okay to kill the emperor.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were still very intimidating to the lower-class people and soldiers.

So they had already decided in their minds in advance that when they rushed into Zhu Youtang's camp, they would be responsible for killing the civil and military officials around the emperor.

As for the emperor, whoever is brave enough can kill him. Anyway, they cannot bear the crime of killing the emperor with their own hands.

Yang Kui led 20,000 cavalrymen and attacked the Tumubao military camp at a madly accelerated speed.

Twenty thousand cavalrymen galloped at full speed, the sound of their horses' hooves was like thunder, making the ground tremble.

Such a loud noise woke up many people in the Tumubao camp.

The first group that Yang Kui and his men came into contact with was the 200,000-strong logistics force located behind the main camp.

These farmers who were in charge of logistics saw 20,000 cavalrymen charging towards them from behind without slowing down.

They were so frightened that they fled in all directions.

Some of them ran so fast that they didn't even put on clothes or shoes. They didn't even think about where to run, and subconsciously ran towards the capital.

At this time, everyone in the Tumubao camp gradually reacted.

Wang Zhi immediately jumped on his horse and ordered the entire camp: "All the Xianzhen Camp, the Western Factory, and the Jinyiwei, all mount your horses and prepare for battle!"

Before he finished speaking, someone had already mounted his horse and drawn his sword to fight.

Zhu Youtang was dressed in a yellow military uniform and riding a horse. He looked at the Ming army coming from the direction of Juyongguan with a gloomy face.

He had guessed that there might be a mutiny in the border town, but he had never expected that the Ming army would attack them from the direction of Juyongguan.

"Wang Zhi!"

"Wei Chen is here."

"I allow you to mobilize all the trap camps, Jinyiwei and Xichang soldiers in the camp to kill all these rebels!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Wang Zhi gripped the reins tightly and held a cold knife in his hand, as if he had returned to seven or eight years ago when he was fighting on the battlefield outside the border.

"Everyone, form a formation and prepare to meet the enemy!"

"Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor!"

Although Gao Shun had taken away 40,000 soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp, there were still 10,000 soldiers left in the camp.

Together with the five thousand Jinyiwei and five thousand Xichang guards, they also have the equivalent of twenty thousand cavalry.

The military strength in Zhu Youtang's camp is no weaker than the 20,000 cavalry led by Yang Kui!

　There were a lot of criticisms about the previous chapter, and I think the fundamental reason is that the readers don't trust me. Maybe they have been hurt in other books, so they always think that I will write some disgusting plots. But this book has 500,000 words. From beginning to end, has the protagonist ever been wronged or suffered a little loss? I will use the following plot to make you believe that this is a cool book where the protagonist is always invincible. And the matter of dividing the troops is really not a stupid plot, which will be explained later.

　　
　
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