The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 211: Leaving the Fortress
Qin Shiming Moon and Han Shiguan, Wanli Long March people have not returned.

But so that the Dragon City Feijiang will be there, he will not teach Huma Du Yinshan.

The name Yunzhongwei was taken from Yunzhong County during the Qin and Han Dynasties.

However, the Yunzhong County at that time was not here, but in the Qiantao Plain area.

It was not until the first year of the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty that Yunzhou here was changed to Yunzhong County.

Since then, Yunzhong County has specifically referred to the area around Datong Town.

At this time, the bright moon of the Qin Dynasty and the pass of the Han Dynasty were long gone, but he had to lead his army to the north as he did in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Around noon, the sun was high in the sky. Wanli stood on the city gate tower on the north side of Xinmaoerzhuang Fort, silently gazing at the soldiers in the distance, when this poem suddenly popped up in his mind.

The name of this poem is "Marching out of the Frontier". Perhaps it is time for him to consider leading his troops out of the frontier.

The Ming Dynasty now has an internal traitor, and he must beat them up so that the three major families of Puzhou and the northern barbarians will not know what he is trying to do.

At this time, Qi Jiguang, who had set up the chariot formation, came back with his personal guards to report.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli solemnly said, "Yuan Jing, what do you think? Should we send the Shenwu Battalion to the north of Jining Lake to see what happens?"

Uh, this.

Do you really want to raid the Chahar tribe?

Qi Jiguang thought for a moment, then cautiously reminded, "Your Majesty, when the Shenshu Camp was deployed this morning, smoke signals appeared in the north. By now, the Chahar nomadic tribes near Jining Lake have probably already fled far away.

Besides, if we raid the Chahar tribe, Tumen Khan will likely send his army to support us. I dare say it's not appropriate for us to provoke Tumen Khan, the most powerful Tatar at this time, right? "

Wanli raised the corner of his mouth and said with a wicked smile, "The main force under Tumen Khan is currently located at least two thousand miles away from here. It will take at least half a month for their infantry to arrive.

In this situation, I estimate that Tumen Khan can only come with his cavalry to support. He has no more than 60,000 cavalry under his command. We have 80,000 cavalry in the Shenwu Camp, plus the imperial guards' light cavalry and Datong Town cavalry, which makes a total of 100,000.

Do you think he dares to come and fight us?"

It’s hard to say.

Qi Jiguang said solemnly, "Your Majesty, this depends on the situation. If our 80,000 cavalry from the Shenwu Battalion remain concentrated for the attack, Tumen Khan will most likely not dare to charge and fight us. However, if our cavalry disperses for the attack, he will most likely choose to use the familiar terrain to defeat us piecemeal."

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Well, then we will have the 80,000 cavalrymen of the Shenwu Camp attack together and go to Jining Lake to look for their nomadic tribes nearby. Once we find them, we will raid them."

What's the use of this?
Qi Jiguang still warned cautiously: "Your Majesty, they are now also able to use signal smoke. They will definitely discover the commotion of 80,000 cavalrymen from the Shenwu Camp in advance. I estimate that even if we run and launch a surprise attack, we will not be able to capture anyone."

Wanli smiled slightly and said, "It's okay. If we can't catch anyone, we can just rob some cattle and sheep to satisfy our hunger. Their people can ride horses, so can their cattle and sheep outrun war horses?
Cattle and sheep can only run a hundred miles a day at best, so we will send out scouts from Jining Lake as the center to raid nomadic tribes within a 200-mile radius to the east, west, and north. We won't go any further than that."

Upon hearing this, Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan couldn't help but clap her hands excitedly and said, "Great! It's been a while since we've roasted lamb. Let's grab some and roast it."

Uh, isn’t it easy for you to eat mutton?

There are plenty of them in Datong Town.

Qi Jiguang was puzzled and asked, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask you, what on earth are we trying to do?"

Wanli couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth again, and said with a wicked smile: "We are not doing anything.

"This Yunzhongwei City will take at least several months to build, and the Shenji Camp will need more than a month to transport food and fodder. We can't let the Shenwu Camp cavalry idle for more than a month. We should have them go north every day to graze their horses, or even cut some grass and bring it back."

Oh, I see.

His Majesty is about to start beating again.

I can’t figure out what His Majesty is trying to do, and the Northern Tartars certainly can’t figure it out either.

At this moment, the Ming Dynasty has internal thieves, especially in Datong Town. The northern barbarians are also as slippery as loaches. If we want to successfully recapture the former territory of the Beijing Xingdusi, we really have to take them by surprise and give them a heavy beating.

If the thief knew their true intentions, the three guards of Duoyan would definitely hide from them like they did last year, and then they would be in trouble.

The Beijing Xingdusi covers an area of ​​thousands of miles, and they cannot risk dispersing their troops to search everywhere. If the three guards of Doyan hide, they may not be able to encircle and annihilate their main force even in several months.

Upon hearing this, Qi Jiguang nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty is wise. The grass in Datong Town is not enough to feed more than 100,000 war horses. I will take them out to graze the horses and cut some grass at the same time." After the two men had discussed it, the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp prepared to attack.

Before long, hundreds of scouts swarmed out of the north gate of Xinmaoerzhuang Fort and explored to the east, west and north.

Immediately afterwards, 80,000 cavalrymen formed a long line, left Xinmaoerzhuang Fort, passed through the opening in the middle of the chariot formation, and headed straight for Jining Lake in the north.

The Ming army has crossed the border!
Countless more smoke signals appeared on the undulating Ulanqab grassland in the north, and it seemed impossible for the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp to launch a successful surprise attack like last time.

Wanli looked at the chaotic smoke signals in the north, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, and he smiled evilly to himself.

The Northern Tartars probably never dreamed that they were just fighting for fun!

The nomadic Chahar tribes living near Jining Lake never dreamed that a large and countless number of cavalrymen were coming to fight them for fun.

The number of Ming army cavalry is probably close to 100,000, and the total number of men, women, old and young in their tribe is less than 100,000. In this case, who would dare to fight the Ming army?

Wherever the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp passed, the nomadic tribes all fled.

Many of them were so frightened that they mounted their horses, loaded carriages, and ran away with their families. Some did not even have time to take down their tents, and some did not even have time to take their cattle and sheep. The area around Jining Haizi was in chaos.

At around 5 p.m., as the sun set, the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp finally returned with a full load.

Those long dragons seemed to extend to the horizon, and the earth-shaking momentum could be felt twenty or thirty miles away.

They also set up camp behind the chariot formation of the Shenshu Camp and did not return to the grassland south of Xinmaoerzhuang Fort.

The Shenshu Camp had already sent out chariots to dismantle their tents and place them neatly on the grass. They only needed to prop them up with wooden stakes.

By this time, Wanli had already ordered the imperial guards to set up camp inside the Xinmaoerzhuang Fort.

This fortress with a radius of about a mile has long been surrounded by densely packed imperial guards like an iron barrel, and the walls are full of imperial guards' tents.

The border soldiers who were originally stationed inside have been arranged to go to the Great Wall on both sides, so there is no problem with the defense here.

Wanli faced the setting sun, stood on the city gate tower of the north gate, and scanned the soldiers of the Shenwu Camp who were setting up camp with a telescope. A hint of pride appeared on his face.

The Beijing troops are now so powerful that they dare to set up camp outside the Great Wall. Even if the northern barbarians know they are here, they dare not come over.

At this time, Qi Jiguang had already led thousands of personal guards on horseback and were riding towards this side. Many of the horses actually had sheep on them, including goats and sheep.

Seeing this, Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan couldn't help but say excitedly, "We can really roast lamb tonight."

Wanli smiled slightly and said, "How about we grill it here? It's cool here and the view is nice."

Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay."

Soon, Li Xuancheng and Shan Sinan brought their personal guards to light a bonfire and set up an iron pot on the platform next to the city gate tower.

After a while, Qi Jiguang came up.

He didn't carry the sheep up. It would be more convenient to put it downstairs and deal with it before bringing it up.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli couldn't help but ask, "How was your harvest today?"

Qi Jiguang explained in detail: "Your Majesty, today we are mainly investigating the situation near Jining Lake, and we are not launching a large-scale attack.

There are several small rivers flowing into Jining Lake from the north and south, especially in the north, where there are four rivers that are evenly distributed. The grass there is quite lush. There seems to be more than one nomadic tribe in the north, but they are not gathered together, and we don’t know exactly how many there are.

When the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp rushed forward, the scattered grazing tribes were in chaos and ran around in all directions. I did not send cavalry to chase them. I just ordered people to pick up some of the cattle, sheep, tents and other things they left behind.

Today we cleared the area within a hundred miles north of Jining Lake, and found about ten thousand cattle and sheep, but not many tents, only a few hundred."

Oh, it turns out there are four rivers flowing into the north. No wonder the nomadic tribes there are reluctant to move away.

Wanli nodded slightly upon hearing this and said, "Well, that's right, as long as there is a harvest, our main purpose right now is to go out to the border to train the troops, herd the horses, and cut some grass for us to bring back.

As for raids, don't rush. If there are any tribes within 200 miles of Jining Lake, you can raid them. If they are farther away, don't go. Don't tire the soldiers and horses. The war hasn't even begun yet."

(End of this chapter)